the one in Yorkville) sells Montreal style bagels. Mel’s Diner on Bloor street serves them and also sells bags of them (along with their REALLY good home-made jam). I’ve tried both St. Urbain and the one on Bayview...

free bagels with my dozen that I ordered, making it 18 bagels for around $6. I found that to be a good price. Also, I completely forgot about their heavenly home-made cream cheese. I used to buy a container regularly. Today I...

The Saveur recipe is our tried and true — my husband and I make bagels using this recipe 2-3 times a month. They have such a great crust and chew that even my relatives from NYC can’t believe they’re homemade. I...

The best “rotating lineup” of true homemade soup in Chicago or Skokie is at The Bagel: http://www.bagelrestaurant.com/site/epage/2412_205.htm

IMHO, the truly best bagels are at Pick-A-Bagel in Manhattan. Is there really a better place??

good breakfast items. Java Jive: a very good biscuit, with a much more distinguished cup of coffee. Eggs, pancakes, waffles, sausage, bagels, etc. area all very good. A very interesting blend of post-punk managers and staff,...

You can google up lots of recipes for homemade cottage cheese which seems simple but time-consuming. I’ve pasted in one link below. Link: http://allsands.com/Food/HowTo/cottagecheeser_wrb_gn.htm

I am on a quest to perfect homemade hot dog buns this summer. I’m debating between three methods – hand shaping them, a Chicago Metallic hot dog bun pan with indentations shaped like hot dog buns (but it makes 24...

and olive oil. I sometimes do a mix of homemade items and store bought ones.

The Sage on Hallendale Beach Blvd East of Federal Highway on the South Side – Sage Shopping Center. Very good homemade old style Chinese drop cookies too. Their bagels are very good. The fish is good, too. Baked Salmon...

Hi All, I’m going to try to make bagels for the first time tonight and I was wondering if I could just use All Purpose Flour? And if so, should I adjust recipe the recipe in any way? Here’s the ingredient list: Homemade...

Complete agreement on Flanders w/ VIZLA- truly homemade old style donuts are the best there too (closed Sunday though). Ditto Cohens as a second choice- more of a New York style bagel than Flanders

or bagel store to kill an hour and have a bite. We will be taking a cab, so we can’t venture too far out of the way. Any suggestions??? Does not have to be super gourmet, but I hate ending up in crappy places when I dont know...

I had to start another thread; I strained my cursor trying to read some of the posts. I think when it comes to assessing bagels there is an X factor, i.e., freshness, that is probably unique to bagels...even more so than other...

Does anyone know a bakery in NJ that makes homemade Chocolate Chip Biscotti? Thank you for any suggestions you might have.