Crumbs – Leftover Food News

For Vermont localvores who celebrate Passover, finding lamb shanks and bitter herbs is a breeze. Stocking up on unleavened bread could be trickier. Until now. Julie Sperling and Doug Freilich of Naga Bakehouse in Middletown Springs recently invented Vermatzah, a round, handmade, wood-fired alternative to the mass-produced Manischewitz matzohs you find in the supermarket. As a bonus, each box comes with a small bag of wheat seeds so eaters can, in theory, start growing their own.

Nothing to Pass Over

In Vermont food circles, kosher-certified isn’t just for Jews anymore. According to several Vermont businesses that have been certified as kosher in recent years, an increasing number of consumers want products with a kosher seal. That demand comes from vegans, lactose-intolerants or other conscientious eaters concerned about industrial food production. In the eyes of many people, a kosher seal, like a certified organic seal, is one more guarantee of quality. To paraphrase an old Hebrew National advertisement, it reassures the customer: This busines answers to a higher authority than the U.S. government. Page Two

Lotsa Matza

Nothing says Lakes Region in the spring quite like Matzah bread.

No, really.

The Middletown Springs couple who make a living baking handmade, wood-fired artisan bread have launched a new bread for the Passover season and they’re calling it ‘Vermatzah.’

The Making of Vermatzah

A Middletown Springs bakery is reaching back in time to celebrate Passover with its own brand of special bread dubbed Vermatzah.

Talking Pictures – The Vermatzah Story.

The other link that we reallhy wanted to make was, how do we give what we have to local folks? And we’ve done that by sharin the stor of Vermatzah and giving away wheatberries, spring wheatberries, so the whole thing that we feel and touch, others can feel and touch.

The Rutland Daily Herald, April 10, 2009

Celebrate Passover with ‘Vermatzah’

Bakery’s handmade matzoh a symbol of simplicity. Bakery’s handmade matzoh a symbol of simplicity. The matzos come in a white box wrapped in parchment paper. The package includes a note about the product, which describes Vermatzah as “a symbol of simplicity — a metaphor for gettin back to the basics.”

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