ShalomBoston.com Recipe File
I put a link up to ShalomBoston.com’s recipe section several weeks ago, but I think it deserves more attention. The staff at ShalomBoston test every recipe that goes on their site, and recipes range from traditional (Chicken Soup, Taiglach, Hamantaschen) to modern (Mango Salsa, Butternut Squash and Apple Soup). They even have several recipes from popular local baker Judy Rosenberg of Rosie’s Bakery.
I can vouch from personal experience that everything posted on ShalomBoston is sure to be delicious. The site’s run by some fabulous cooks!
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On ShalomBoston.com there is a listing of kosher establishments…I am particularly curious whether anyone has reports on some of the bakeries listed, such as Boschetto’s LaRonga, Zeppy’s…etc… Who knew?
Boschetto’s LaRonga is NOT a strictly kosher establishment. It is a Portugese bakery that sells very treif items like pepporoni pizza and other pork filled pastries. They DO make kosher bread under the KVH that is packaged and sold frozen. Unless you buy the frozen break that is labeled with KVH, it is NOT kosher. Be careful.
-David
I’m quite familiar with Zeppy’s, having grown up in Randolph. Their speciality is “baigels,” which are larger and breadier than what I’ve come to enjoy. They also sell a wide variety of cookies, cakes, and breads (including challah), and have a sandwich bar (a la Kupel’s). I believe they’re still under Vaad supervision (as I’ve seen their rolls used at Rubin’s), but their bags, etc., don’t include the Vaad symbol, only the word “Kosher.”
On a recent visit, we noticed they now sell Italian-style pastries like cannoli and lobster tails. Very good.
Zeppy’s is under the “grandfathered” Vaad standards, which means kosher ingredients, but no supervision. To the best of my knowledge, R. Halbfinger, does not allow this into his shul and doesn’t reccomend it. Check with him or your LOR. Also, I’m pretty sure that NO Orthodox rabbi in Boston trusts the kashrut of any kosher bakery in MA that is not in Brookline/Brighton or Newton with the exception of the kosher Stop and Shop bakery locations.
I’m sure we all find it a bit absurd that a kashrut authority can both certify a store and recommend against.