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HOMEMADE BAGELS Recipe on page 98

Bagels at home

The secrets to making the perfect bagels are out! Our detailed step-by-step guide— with tried-and-true tips—makes homemade perfection doable.

By Amy Rosen photography by james tse

In the early 1900s, waves of eastern

European Jews began landing at Ellis Island and laying roots in New York City’s Lower East Side. They brought their bagel know-how with them, and in doing so, forever changed the way we eat. (Or, at least, the way I eat.) Today, bagels may be as commonplace as sliced bread, but dressed up in seeds and seasonings, they’ve got triple the taste, texture and personality of a plain old loaf. A bagel truly is a thing of joy— even more so when you make it yourself!

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