There are still traditional bagel bakeries in Brick Lane in London that use the traditional ‘boil and bake’ method. Bagels can appear to be very slightly sweetened, due to the addition of malt ...
The combinations are almost endless: plain, sesame, poppyseed, everything, raisin, with cream cheese, bacon, sausage, or lox. But in all their forms, bagels are ...
Bagels start with bread flour, then are boiled, which gives them their shiny exterior. Finally they're seasoned and baked. One story of bagels' origins says they date to the 1600s when Polish Jews ...