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A playful-yet-comprehensive cookbook that lets anyone create bagels, schmears, and other deli favorites at home.

“To quote Seinfeld, Barrow’s classic New York bagels are real, and they’re spectacular.”—Publishers Weekly

Named a Booklist Top Ten Cookbook of 2022!

Bagel lovers rejoice! This delightful bagel cookbook makes it easy to bake fresh bagels in your own kitchen with just five base ingredients and simple techniques. With advice on mixing the dough, shaping the bagels, proofing, boiling, baking, slicing, and storing, you will be a master bagel-maker in no time.

Recipes include two dozen variations on the New York bagel, with classic and innovative flavors ranging from Sesame to Blueberry to Hatch Chile Jack. You'll also find recipes for homemade sweet and savory spreads, schmears, pickles, and other deli mainstays like Home-Cured Lox and Chicken Salad.

With suggested menus for fun brunches and gatherings, photos of finished food and step-by-step techniques, and a charming deli aesthetic, this is both a comprehensive baking resource and a playful guide to making one of America's best-loved foods.

BAGELS ARE EASY BAKING: This book brings bagels to the home baker with step-by-step recipes for making classic New York bagels, even in the smallest kitchen. And it's not about the water! It's about just five ingredients and straightforward technique.

BRUNCH RECIPE BOOK: For anyone who loves to bake, host, and eat, this cookbook will evoke the urge to entertain with bagel-centric menu inspiration. It is packed with vivid photography, straightforward directions, and winning recipes, including a chapter on chapter on bagel sandwiches and brunch spreads.

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Cathy Barrow is an award-winning cookbook author. She's been recognized by IACP and the James Beard Foundation for her work on Mrs. Wheelbarrow's Practical Pantry and Pie Squared, respectively.

Perfect for: Home bakers and cooks who love bagels Bread enthusiasts looking for a new project New Yorkers who live elsewhere and want to make a classic NY bagel at home Fans of cookbooks like Bubby's Brunch Cookbook, Balaboosta, Josey Baker Bread, and The Whole Fish Cookbook

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books (March 15, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1797210556
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1797210551
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.55 x 1 x 9.5 inches
Reviewer: Nat
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The best bagels
Review: Someone recommended this NY bagel recipe and it did not disappoint! Have yet to try the spreads but the recipes look great. Easy to follow though some ingredients a little harder to find at your neighborhood grocery store

Reviewer: L. Spang
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Bagel Secrets are in this book!
Review: I fell in love with New York bagels after visiting many times in the last 14 years. The only chemical free, hand rolled, New York style bagel I could find is baked 50 miles away from me. I was determined to bake my own so I began researching. My bagels were a miserable failure. I saw this book in my local library a few weeks ago. The book has beautiful photography, wonderful recipes, and simple directions. I went home and ordered the book straightaway. My first attempt produced a fantastic success, almost as good as the hand rolled bagels I had been traveling 50 miles round trip to buy. I am sure I will get better with future batches. I intend to check out Ms. Barrow's other cookbooks. This book has the secrets that I could not find elsewhere, and worth its weight in gold!

Reviewer: Maria
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fantastic Book
Review: Over the past couple of years I've become a big fan of the library. I order anything that I have the slightest interest in and as many new cookbooks I can get my hands on. I thought who would write a book on bagels and I didn't think it would be that interesting, plus I do have a stellar bagel recipe I've been using for a few years. So first of all I made the lox and wondered why I have never made it before. It was super easy and turned out delicious. Then I tried the New York bagels and I was hooked. Best bagels I have ever made ... so much for my stellar bagel recipe lol! So in the past couple of months we almost never run out of lox, but I have cut back on bagel making as they are addictive. I renewed the book as many times as I could until it eventually had to go back, but I wasn't done there are so many other recipes I want to try so here I came and bought my own copy. Oh I also want to mention it's not just her recipes that made me want the book it is very well laid out and informative. I'm usually the one who "skips" to recipe but after reading a line or two I wanted to read the rest. Such a wonderful author and cook.

Reviewer: Rene W. Sackett
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: YOU CAN make great bagels at home! Recipes,techniques,photos and menus!
Review: I LOVE this book! Cathy's stories set the stage for a fun, bagel adventure. You MUST start with "My Bagel Life" on page 9.This book's thick, glossy pages make it easy to handle and use in the kitchen. The photo's along with Cathy's practical and comprehensive steps will give every bagel lover confidence for creating a variety of bagels in their home kitchen.But she doesn't stop there. Along with an eclectic variety of bagels to make she gives the reader a creative array of schmears, salads, and a "whole bunch of recipes to make at home". Really! She shares how to cure and smoke fish with simple ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions.Then she puts it all together with a chapter on bagel sandwiches and brunch spread, bagel-centric menu inspiration -WOW!

Reviewer: Frankincense
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: You will sit right down and devour this cookbook!
Review: What is it about this cookbook that makes you feel as if you've entered the world of a friend you've always known? Barrow's tone is conversational, warm, and inviting: she welcomes you into her home and family, where bagels are, of course, the ever-present centerpiece. There are bagel recipes of all sorts, and bialys, granola, and all sorts of luscious spreads, both savory and sweet -- not to mention some standard deli fare like whitefish salad, pickles, and soups like borscht. Did I mention how gorgeous the photography is?? All in all, one of the best cookbooks I've ever owned -- and I own a lot of them! I have been happily perusing its pages since I received it a few days ago, and I look forward to trying the recipes; but for now, just curling up with this "homey" book has made me happy.

Reviewer: nancy the navigator
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Orginal and accuratew
Review: Cathy Barrow has her recipes thoroughly vetted and tweaked to their best. Interesting methods, including weighing the flour. good food - well written for the home cook.

Reviewer: drbabs
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: What an awesome book!
Review: This wonderful book makes me feel like real bagels are doable at home. Like Cathy's other books, the instructions are clear and well-organized. She makes you feel like your big sister, who is an expert in the kitchen, is standing over your shoulder helping you with each step. The recipes are interspersed with sweet family stories-- a reminder that great foods have great stories. The photos are beautiful, and the graphics help tell the story. For anyone interested in learning to make bagels, or in making creative spreads (schmears) for store-bought bagels, this is a perfect book.

Reviewer: Lucky
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Technically very good, but a lot of less valuable stuff
Review: Overall, I found this book to be half great and half useless. The technical info was great and easy to follow. The design was good, too.But the problems were many: it only accounts for making six bagels and does explain if you can double the recipe or what. There was far too much storytelling and not enough bagel making instruction. Too many salad recipes and bagel recipes that weren’t of much interest to me.Overall, a good book by a pro who knows her stuff. But the content tended to be less engaging that I hoped. I wanted more traditional bagel recipes (i.e., making an dozen) and fewer salads, fruit schmears, or bagel sandwiches.

Reviewer: LoveToBake
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Lovely book. I love the way Cathy lays out her books and the tone with which she explains how to prep and bake.

Reviewer: Marilou Scott
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The instructions are simple and correct. The resulting bagels and smores are delicious. It feels like the author is there by your side while you execute the recipe.