Comments on: Jewish Comfort Food

By: Fatemeh

Fatemeh — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:11:00 +0000

Oh. OH.

Look at the crumb of that begell.

By: JenniferBB

JenniferBB — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:59:00 +0000

Oh I hear you! When I was in seminary in Berkeley in the mid 90s–just as Noah’s Bagels was on the ascent I was adamaent that folks try a REAL bagel. So whenever I went home to NYC I’d bring home H and H bagels (I used to live a block away and they didn’t deliver then) and they would blow people’s minds. At the time I managed to subsist on Murray’s bagels (which used to be across the street from Market Hall on College Ave).

Now I’m back in New York State and I still have to go downstate to get a REAL bagel.

By: ByTheBay

ByTheBay — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:42:00 +0000

Before learning that I will never again be able to eat wheat or gluten… I tried hard to find a decent bagel out here and I must be honest… I’d choose Lender’s (mass-produced) bagels over Noah’s any day. The West Coast simply does not know how to do bagels. NYC still has H&H which are the hands-down best. I haven’t found good Jewish food here either, sadly. I thought Saul’s food was not very good. Now I am kosher and can’t eat there at all – I find it rather odd that a Jewish eatery would not be kosher. *shrug*

I think Jewish food is well worth mail ordering from the east coast!

By: D-man

D-man — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:46:00 +0000

Howdy there Shuna, my monkey LOVES bagels, as do I, and therefore recently attempted my own while making pretzels. I used my sourdough, gave ‘em a boil then an egg wash before baking. They ended up chewy and yeasty and reminded me of Nana Cohen’s house when I was tiny. Served with gobs of the white fluff and lox it is one of my earliest food memories. It’s no wonder that smoked salmon is probably my next favorite thing to sourdough…….I’d love to talk bagels with ya’ sometime. I volunteer for the tues berkeley farmers’ from 5-ish to about 7, and apparently live about a mile from you. Thanks for dropping by the ranch for a sniff of some souffle.

By: DM

DM — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:26:00 +0000

Best bagels I’ve found in the bay area are down at Izzy’s Brooklyn Bagels on California Ave in Palo Alto.

By: Joy

Joy — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:19:00 +0000

Shuna, love, you better be sharing some of those bagels.

Also, I’m partial to the ones Miller’s East Coast West Deli flies in from NYC. Closest I’ve found.

By: melissa

melissa — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:58:00 +0000

i’m not sure i could ever leave ny for a place without bagels. not that i eat them so much, but just knowing that they’re here helps me get through the day. you can mail order bagels from H and H which seems like a decent option though they aren’t my fave…. if i was looking for a Jewish bread fix from afar, i think i’d opt for Kossars bialys. you toast them anyway, so a day in the mail won’t hurt too much and they are yumeroo.

By: shelly

shelly — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:06:00 +0000

You can barely find a good bagel in New York City anymore. Saul’s, however, does make a good corned beef sandwich.