The Bagel: The Surprising HIstory of a Modest Bread - Couverture rigide

Balinska, Maria

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ISBN 10 : 0300112297 ISBN 13 : 9780300112290

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The Bagel If smoked salmon and cream cheese bring only one thing to mind, you can count yourself among the world's millions of bagel mavens. This book tells the story of the bagel's journey from the tables of seventeenth-century Poland to the freezers of middle America today. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

If smoked salmon and cream cheese bring only one thing to mind, you can count yourself among the world's millions of bagel mavens. But few people are aware of the bagel's provenance, let alone its adventuresome history. This charming book tells the remarkable story of the bagel's journey from the tables of seventeenth-century Poland to the freezers of middle America today, a story of often surprising connections between a cheap market-day snack and centuries of Polish, Jewish, and American history.Research in international archives and numerous personal interviews uncover the bagel's links with the defeat of the Turks by Polish King Jan Sobieski in 1683, the Yiddish cultural revival of the late nineteenth century, and Jewish migration across the Atlantic to America. There the story moves from the bakeries of New York's Lower East Side to the Bagel Bakers' Local 388 Union of the 1960s, and the attentions of the mob. For all its modest size, the bagel has managed to bridge cultural gaps, rescue kings from obscurity, charge the emotions, and challenge received wisdom. 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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Maria Balinska is an American of Polish Jewish origin. She graduated from Princeton University and spent a year in Krakow studying Polish language and culture. She is currently the Editor of BBC Radio's World Current Affairs Department, and an experienced researcher, journalist and documentary maker specialising in Eastern Europe and the United States.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0300112297
• ISBN 13: 9780300112290
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 224