[Photo: Robyn Lee] Some bagel shops will toast your bagel; others won't. But if a bagel shop is willing to toast, should they charge you for the privilege? Brownie of Blondie and Brownie gets her morning bagel from Lenny's...
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There may be nothing funnier than seeing other countries take on your native foods. I hardly anticipated bagel greatness from Bagel Street at London's Heathrow Airport, but it's the sandwiches that were the real laugh. Like the Madison Avenue...
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It's a question asked so often that it's astounding that we've never attempted an answer. Who makes the best bagel in New York?
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[Photographs: Robyn Lee] Dear Mr. Levine, I hope this note finds you well, I am writing in regards to my family's bagel shop located in Lynbrook, NY (Long Island). My name is Jason Clancy. In 2003 your article in...
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[Robyn Lee] At Serious Eats, we turn to walking New York food encyclopedia Ed Levine for all of our bagel-related quandaries. (Ed knows a thing or two about bagels.) But even his expertise pales in comparison to that of...
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Photograph by Adam Kuban For foods whose reputation is tied to a certain place—New York bagels, New York (or, depending on loyalties, Neapolitan) pizza—it's often said that the secret is in the water. With so few ingredients, many of...
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A very sad, untoasted bialy. The good folks at Murray's Bagels will not toast your bagel or bialy. Not even if you say pretty please. I ordered a toasted bialy with scallion cream cheese yesterday morning and got this...
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Not really new, but an expansion of the existing location down the block. La Bagel Delight at 252 7th Avenue will reinvent itself at 284 7th Avenue (map), nextdoor to the Five Guys. A call over just now confirmed that...
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"The food world is so romanticized these days, but it's impossible to sustain quality and excellence if you're not willing to get your hands dirty (or in our case, fishy). " Since 1914, the Russ family has fed generations of...
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This gift guide is for the
New York food lover. Recipients can be New York expats or those who've never actually lived in the city but have come to appreciate quintessential Gotham foods. This year we've added a Brooklyn element, since there are so many skilled bakers, picklers, and cheesemakers opening shops and popping up at neighborhood farmers' markets, contributing to the budding artisan food scene in the borough.
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