The Bagel

By Maria Balinska

Subjects: Cooking & Food, Jews, europe, Nonfiction, East European Jews, Bagels, History

Description: This charming book recounts the remarkable journey of the bagel from the tables of seventeenth-century Poland to the freezers of middle America today. The story is one of surprising connections between an unassuming ring-shaped roll and centuries of Polish, Jewish, and American history.