Ebook {Epub PDF} The Bagel: The Surprising History of a Modest Bread by Maria Balinska

Historian Balinska traces the bagel’s history and discovers antecedents in southern Italy and in Muslim northwest China. Despite the oft-repeated legend, the bagel did not originate as a tribute to Polish king Jan Sobieski after the Battle of Vienna in , for documents citing the ring-shaped bread substantially antedate that event/5(40). THE BAGEL THE SURPRISING HISTORY OF A MODEST BREAD by MARIA BALINSKA 1st EDITION Listing in the Non-Fiction,Books, Comics Magazines Category on eBid United States | Read "The Bagel The Surprising History of a Modest Bread" by Maria Balinska available from Rakuten Kobo. A “scrumptious little book” about the cultural and historical background of this humble and hearty treat (The New York T Brand: Yale University Press.

Aug am. Maria Balinska, editor of BBC Radio's World Current Affairs department, answered questions about bagels. This week, Maria Balinska, the author of "The Bagel: The Surprising History of a Modest Bread" (Yale University Press, ), responded to readers' questions about one of New York's staple foods. The Bagel: The Surprising History Of A Modest Bread|Maria Balinska, Searching For Wallenberg: A Novel|Alan Lelchuk, Memoirs Of Mlle. Des Écherolles: Being Sidelights On The Reign Of Terror|Alexandrine Etiennette Marie Charlotte. Des Écherolles, The Complete Companions: AS Revision Pack For AQA A Psychology|Cara Flanagan. Following is the second set of answers from, Maria Balinska, the author of "The Bagel: The Surprising History of a Modest Bread" (Yale University Press, ). We are no longer accepting questions for this feature.

There the story moves from the bakeries of New York’s Lower East Side to the Bagel Bakers’ Local Union of the s, and the attentions of the mob. Maria Balinska weaves together a rich, quirky, and evocative history of East European Jewry—and the unassuming ring-shaped roll the world has taken to its heart. This cogent little book delivers the taste and texture of the Jewish experience through the bread that has traveled with Ashkenazi Jews over time. Maria Balinska, a BBC journalist of Polish Jewish and gentile ancestry, became interested in the bagel while studying at Jagellonian University in Kraków, mainly because she missed it; the obwarzanek, a Polish round bread, was not the same. The Bagel: The Surprising History of a Modest Bread: Author: Maria Balinska: Edition: illustrated: Publisher: Yale University Press, ISBN: , Length: pages.