A Short History of the Bagel

submitted by: scott  8 day ago

When my family first moved to Larchmont, N.Y., in 1946, my father had a feeling that the neighbors living behind us were Jewish. In those days, you didn't broadcast your religion, so he devised a plan that would reveal their cultural background. We would go to the Bronx and bring back some bagels. If our neighbors knew what the rolls were, they were Jewish. If they stared at them in bewilderment, we would know they were not. To my father's delight, as soon as our neighbors saw the bagels, they recognized them. Nowadays, dad's devious plan to determine a neighbor's religion wouldn't work. After all, who doesn't know what a bagel is? But what are the origins of this once-mysterious bread, and what happened between 1946 and today that turned the bagel into a trans-cultural and all-American breakfast bun?

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China seeks balance between food security, urbanization

submitted by: kevinWu  95 day ago

57-year-old Zhou Siyu worries about food security from the perspective of a veteran peasant in her home of Longkou, Shandong Province.

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America's Best Donuts Countdown

submitted by: VShastri  97 day ago

Everyone's heard of Dunkin' Donuts and Krispy Kreme but there's something about the TLC from a mom and pop doughnut shop and smaller chains that adds to the flavor.

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Cheese Tortellini with Walnut Pesto

submitted by: gdevlin  98 day ago

Here's one of the quickest pesto sauces you'll come across. It's a perfect match for cheese tortellini, but you can use other tortellini such as mushroom or meat instead. The pesto is also great with just about any plain pasta.

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CHICKEN FAJITAS - how to cook

submitted by: tsawan  100 day ago

CHICKEN FAJITAS - how to cook - Watch more free videos

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Very Fast Food

submitted by: liuliu  100 day ago

Very Fast Food - A funny movie is a click away

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