HISTORY of the Bagel (compliments of Wikipedia.com) Contrary to common legend, the bagel was not created in the shape of a stirrup to commemorate the victory of Poland’s King Jan III Sobieski over the Ottoman Turks in the Battle of Vienna in 1683. It was actually invented much earlier in Kraków, Poland, as a competitor […]
Some obvious and not so obvious bagel flavor options. The Bagel has been a staple of the New York breakfast scene for multiple generations. While everyone agrees there is nothing better than a hot, fresh bagel coming from straight out of the oven, a debate has raged over the years over what exactly is the […]
Long Island Bagel Café joins the fight to defeat ALS! The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving the dumping of a bucket of ice and water over a person’s head, either by another person or self-administered, to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also […]