by Ben Wagenberg | Sep 5, 2016 | Blog
Just came back from a week vacation in the Berkshires. Great scenery, nice people, wonderful things to see BUT lousy bagels. Very bready even when you go to specialty stores and bakeries (of which there are a lot of). You would think that a place that is a summer...
by Ben Wagenberg | Feb 15, 2016 | Blog
Recently in the press, there were two article about bagels and pickles. I checked my Facebook account recently and found an article about how bagels were made in a factory setting. There was a big picture of baked bagels coming off the assembly line ready for...
by Ben Wagenberg | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog
Tong Wars: Gangs of Chinatown Map Click to Enlarge in a New Window 1.Hip Sing Headquarters 15 Pell Street This non-descript building is the current headquarters of the over 100-year-old Hip Sing tong. Founded in San Francisco during the gold rush, the Hip Sings were...
by Ben Wagenberg | Apr 29, 2015 | Blog
A well known bagel store published this guide to how to preserve your bagels after they have been bought fresh from the bagel baker. Follow these instructions or else your fresh bagel will taste and have the consistency of a hockey puck: A bagel’s fresh taste and...
by Ben Wagenberg | Dec 15, 2014 | Blog
We were exploring Greenwich Village yesterday when we came across a new type of bagel in town -the Bantam Bagel. It is a small bagel (kind of like a bagel munshkin) with either different cream cheese flavors, peanut butter or jam injected into the middle. The bagel...
