The scene: In most parts of the world, what masquerades as a bagel is not really a bagel, it’s just bread made into a ring shape — a roll with a hole. Despite the proliferation of regional specialties ...
IT’S FRIGID OUTSIDE, even in the sun, and we’re shivering as we wait patiently in line . . . for bagels. But not just any bagels. Montreal bagels. There’s barely room to move as we inch through the ...
The results of our bagel poll were so close that I had to try both St-Viateur Bagel (which won 46% of the votes) and Fairmount Bagel Bakery (44%) while here in Montreal. First, thanks to reader ...
The agent at the Vermont-Québec border perked right up when he heard the reason my wife and I were visiting Canada on a Monday morning last month. “Montréal bagels are so good,” he gushed in a French ...
Montrealers who write about bagels walk a fine line, especially when catering to an audience that reaches many New Yorkers. The rivalry between these two cities and their respective bagel addicts has ...
The scene: In most parts of the world, what masquerades as a bagel is not really a bagel, it’s just bread made into a ring shape — a roll with a hole. Despite the proliferation of regional specialties ...