The Bagel Bible For Bagel Lovers, The Complete Guide to Great Noshing [Paperback]

Marilyn Bagel (Author), Bette Flax (Author)

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Publication Date: August 1, 1998

You won't find a more enthusiastic celebration of bagel noshing than this fun, informative cookbook and reference guide to the world of bagels.

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You won't find a more enthusiastic celebration of bagel noshing than this fun, informative cookbook and reference guide tot he world of bagels. Marilyn Bagel, (yes, Bagel) was destined to write this book celebrating the joys of bagelicious breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts, and munchies. This third edition has innovative, enjoyable, and useful recipes including ideas for vegetarian, dessert, and low-fat bagels. It also has a brand new chapter called 'Bagels 'Round the World.' Become a bagel believer. If you're not one already, this book will convert you!

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot; 3rd edition (August 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762703210
• ISBN-13: 978-0762703210
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 7.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,958,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money., January 9, 2001

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I, Claudius (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Bagel Bible: For Bagel Lovers the Complete Guide to Great Noshing (Paperback)

This book is more about bagels, than actually about MAKING bagels. I would recommend Joan Nathan's "Jewish Cooking In America" for a book that has a better recipe for bagels as well as SO much more to offer (heck, even if you are only looking for the bagel recipe her book is still a better way to spend your money).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Who cares?, August 16, 2008

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I would expect a book that calls itself a bible on anything would have all the information one would need to actually make or do what it's a bible about.

This book is nothing of the sort. Instead of instructions on how to make bagels and what is needed to do so, this book spends more time telling you what kind of bagels various celebrities prefer and recipes for bagel concoctions that the average person could come up with on their own.

I've owned a ton of different cookbooks in my time, but this has to be one of the worst.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The second edition is great......, January 11, 2003

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Patricia R. Andersen "redheaded booklover" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bagel Bible: For Bagel Lovers the Complete Guide to Great Noshing (Paperback)

This review is about the _second_ edition of the book, which apparently is totally different than the first edition.

I thought this was a great book for the history as well as the recipes. The first part of the book is various celebrities saying what kind of bagels they like - interesting, but not compelling.

Then there are about 15 pages of bagel recipes - yes,_bagel_ recipes such as a basic one, blueberry (of course) and a Valentine's Day bagel, among other recipes. There's info on why a bagel is better than a doughnut for you (but you knew that already, didn't you?). The rest of the book is recipes for bagel toppings and things such as bagel stuffing.

I wonder if I read the same book (again, I'm talking about the second edition) simply because there are recipes to make bagels and there's about 13 pages of vegetarian spreads, despite what another reviewer stated. There's stir fried bagels, garlic bagels, butterscotch bagels as well as my kids' favorite, pizza bagels.

The spreads are amazing - the strawberry cheese bagel is much better than the soft spread Philadelphia Brand sells. The bagel cheese pastries are terrific. I recommend this book highly as it expands your horizons in regards to what you put on a bagel. I was always a cinnamon raisin with plain cream cheese kind of person, but that mushroom spread on an garlic bagel is heavenly.

Buy the book and enjoy bagels.