I love trying crazy snack flavors, especially all the bizarre chip flavors Lay’s comes out with. Over the years, I’ve discovered that Lay’s limited-edition flavors can be hit or miss — and elusive.
I...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published February 1, 2023
This weekend Jews around the world will celebrate Tu B’shvat, the Jewish new year for trees. In the Torah, fruit bearing trees are revered because of their importance in sustaining life. The name is...
Jordan Palmer and Joanna O’Leary
• Published February 1, 2023
Do you remember that wonderful feeling when you were little when your mom woke you up to tell you to go back to sleep because school was canceled due to snow? What a joy. Now imagine your mom was Mrs....
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published January 31, 2023
(JTA) — Ira “Bob” Born, the son of a Russian Jewish immigrant who founded the company that makes Peeps candies, has died. He was 98.
Born was the former president of Just Born Quality Confections,...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 30, 2023
Have you ever been so frustrated with something and thought you could do a better job? That’s exactly how Ben Kraus felt in 2020 due to his frustration with store-bought bagels and why St. Louis' newest...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 25, 2023
"Bagel Week" may be over but St. Louis' "Bagel Renaissance" continues unabated. Our town's newest bagel shop, Bagel Union, is set to open on Wednesday, February 8th. The team from Union Loafers Cafe...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 18, 2023
There’s nothing quite like the smell—and taste—of a hot bagel. Ideally with cream cheese and lox. Maybe, with cardiologist approval, a schmear of butter or schmaltz. Finding a fresh-out-of-the-oven...
“Whoever needs, come and eat.”
That’s the quote from the Talmud — the book of Jewish law — that welcomes customers to Goldie’s Bagels in Columbia, Missouri, telling them that people who...
Barbara Ballinger and Margaret Crane, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published January 17, 2023
This blog will be short, simple and delicious in honor of national bagel week. Yes, food is not the be-all-and-end-all in the scheme of world peace, but a great melt-in-your-mouth cheese bagel can do wonders...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 17, 2023
Bridge Bread Bakery's New York-style kettle-boiled bagels are chewy, delicious, free from preservatives or strange additives. They are made in the traditional New York style beginning with the careful...
Andrew Silverstein, The Forward
• Published January 17, 2023
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Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 16, 2023
Sadly, we have not found anywhere in St. Louis where you can sink your teeth into a Montreal-style bagel, which is typically thinner, sweeter and denser than a New York-style bagel.
That said, you can...