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Bagels, Schmears, and a Nice Piece of Fish

A Whole Brunch of Recipes to Make at Home
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Cathy Barrow ; Linda Xiao
A playful-yet-comprehensive cookbook that lets anyone create bagels, schmears, and other deli favorites at home.  Bagel lovers rejoice! This delightful cookbook makes it easy to bake fresh bagels in your own kitchen with just five base i...
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★"Delivering the goods with intriguing sidebars and undeniable expertise, award-winning cookbook author Barrow envelops 50-plus recipes with stories to remember, techniques to master, and food photographs that home cooks can attempt to emulate in real life."
—Booklist, starred review

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

Bagel lovers rejoice! This delightful 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.

WIDE APPEAL: Bagels are one of the go-to American breakfast foods and are a quintessential part of many Jewish gatherings, as well. 

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.

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
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 V
Publication Date: 03/15/2022
ISBN: 9781797210551

★"Delivering the goods with intriguing sidebars and undeniable expertise, award-winning cookbook author Barrow envelops 50-plus recipes with stories to remember, techniques to master, and food photographs that home cooks can attempt to emulate in real life."
—Booklist, starred review

"16 bagel (and bagel-adjacent) recipes […] form the foundation of this, Barrow’s fourth cookbook. They are buttressed by many eminently useful tips and generous guidance: This is a book with a two-page section dedicated to the (very important) matter of getting the seeds to stick."
— Eater 

"Cathy Barrow shares the ins and outs of perfecting any deli brunch at home."
— Salon

"To quote Seinfeld, Barrow’s classic New York bagels are real, and they’re spectacular. [...] Barrow’s helpful guidance, flexibility, and humor combine to make this a kvell-inducing joy."
—Publishers Weekly 

"This is the bagel book we didn’t know we needed, a must-have for bagel and cooking enthusiasts everywhere, especially outside of major cities where good bagels are hard to find."
—The Forward

"Whether you want to top that bagel with pizza toppings or schmears, this cookbook brings a ton of interesting ideas to the table. It also includes a recipe to make your own bagels with just five ingredients and dozens of variations."
—Bookriot

"Barrow is a skilled storyteller and an exceptionally good recipe writer whose formulas work (in this respect, she is part of a very small club, even among best-selling authors)."
The Boston Globe

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