Montilio’s Bakery still bakes the original recipe, passed on by a onetime Jordan Marsh baker
MORE, THE FLAVOR LIVES ON. HOLY BEN AND SAY WE NEVER PART NO MASSACHUSETTS MUFFIN CONVERSATION IS COMPLETE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE JORDAN MARSH BLUEBERRY MUFFIN. NO FAMILY HEIRLOOM IS COMPLETE WITHOUT THE RECIPE. I FOUND MY GRANDMOTHER’S NEARLY EVERY ONE OF A CERTAIN AGE CLAIMS TO HAVE IT PASSED DOWN FROM THEIR GRANDMOTHER, UNCLE BARBER, THIRD COUSIN REMOVED. IT WAS EVEN WIDELY SHARED IN NEWSPAPER ARTICLES. BUT THERE IS ONE MAN WHO IS AS CLOSE TO THE MUFFIN AS ONE CAN GET. IT WAS MY LIFE. FORMER BAKER JOHN PECK, WHO LEFT JORDAN MARSH AND OPENED JORDAN MARSH MUFFIN COMPANY IN BROCKTON, SPENT YEARS CONTINUING THE LEGACY BEFORE HANDING IT OVER TO MONTALVO’S BAKERY. BUT HE SHARED SOME OF THE SECRET SAUCE OR BATTER WITH WCVB MARIA STEPHANOS. A FEW YEARS AGO. WE HAVE …