Quotes About Bagels

The first printed mention of bagels... is to be found in the Community Regulations of Kracow, Poland, for the year 1610 which stated that bagels would be given as a gift to any woman in childbirth.

Neil freshened our coffee and passed her the platter of picked-over pastries, offering, "Have some." She noticed, as I knew she would, that the bagels were untouched. She asked everyone, "What's the matter? You don't like Jew food?" I would normally bristle at such a comment, but as Barb herself was Jewish, she could say such things with impunity—and often did.