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  • Apollo Bagels

    Apollo Bagels

    I often make doctor’s appointments with a mind towards lunch. For example, yesterday I went to get my cholesterol checked in Chelsea. When I picked the appointment I chose 10:45 not because I wanted to ride the F train with the commuter crowd, but because I knew that when I was done I could finally…

  • Rejoice! Everything Bagels from Scratch

    Rejoice! Everything Bagels from Scratch

    Like a dying swan, I came to L.A. and watched as, feather-by-feather, all of my bagel-eating genes fell to the ground. I tried, I really did. I made bagel bombs, which were a nice alternative, but not the real thing. I stood and ate a bagel at Brooklyn Bagel and thought, “Oh man: this doesn’t…