There are few foods as quintessentially "New York" as bagels. And there are few shops as quintessentially New York as Zabars, the 70+ year old Upper West Side institution. While bagel-love may spread across the nation, let's face facts, it's not easy to get a great bagel outside of the city. So when the folks at Zabars.com offered to give us two orders of their toasting bagels for our readers, we had to say yes!
First let's talk toasting. Some bagel purists may balk at the mere suggestion of toasting a bagel. Sure a fresh out of the oven bagel is just about perfect and ready for a schmear, but how often do you really get a fresh out of the oven bagel? And sometimes you just want that perfect crispy crunch of a toasted bagel. Zabar's toasting bagels are made from a special recipe designed for your toasting pleasure. "Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside - just like most New Yorkers." (Aw...)
So, how do you win an order of toasting bagels? Leave us a commenthttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif telling us about your favorite bagel toppings. How do you like your bagel? (I'm rather partial to lox or lox spread myself). You can get a bonus entry by liking us on Facebook and posting your response to our wall (if you already "like" us you can post to our wall and still get an extra entry). I'll come back and pick two winners at random (via random.org) so if you don't leave your info or some way to contact you, please come back Tuesday AM to see if you're a winner next week!
UPDATE: To clarify, one of the winners will be from Facebook and the other from the comments below. Good luck!
Fine print: Winner must live in the United States. Bagels will be shipped directly by Zabars. We were not compensated in any way for this post.
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36 comments:
i like them toasted with a little cream cheese
everything bagel toasted with a thin layer of cream cheese and lox. :) yuuum!
i like mine with almond butter.
I'm a plain gal -- a little butter and I'm happy :)
Toasted sesame bagel with butter, greens egg, extra sharp cheddar, and strip of veggie bacon = best Saturday morning treat!
Sesame bagels with cream cheese!
Cream cheese and lox, YUM
Love my everything bagel with a veggie infused cream cheese (the CA girl in me always shines through).
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everything bagel almost burnt with butter.
Vegetable cream cheese is my favorite. I've never had a Zabar's bagel! Would love to try and share with my family.
Love me a whole wheat bagel with butter and strawberry jam!! Mm could go for one right now. :)
Cream cheese is my favorite. I have never tried a Zabar's Bagel but I am sure that they are wonderful.
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Cream cheese and salmon!
Cream cheese, lox, and salmon
mmmm toasted poppy with lox spread and sliced tomato. i just ate lunch and now i'm hungry again. ooo or everything with hummus and cucumbers!
Sesame bagel (not toasted) with scallion cream cheese.
An everything bagel with veggie cream cheese!
a fresh cinnamon raisin bagel, straight out of the oven, with a dab of butter that melts right away!
toasted with peanut butter
Toasted everything bagel with CC and Amish market jalapeno jam!
Love sesame or pumpernickel with cream cheese, lox, cucumber & onion. Mmm...
I love my cream cheese plain, slathered on nice and thick. Yum!
I love most bagels with cream cheese and lox. For some reason, I prefer rye bagels with butter.
Lightly toasted sesame with a lot of lox and a tomato. Yum. --Leslie
I usually go top(ping)less, but if I'm not paying for it, I'll gladly pile on some smoked salmon or whitefish onto an Everything or Garlic bagel.
with pb and some honey
an everything bagel (or onione) toasted with Cream Cheese and Lox. Thats the way to do it.
However as a young adult - i found that the lox was kind of pricey - SO i started putting a slice of tomato instead - and surprise!!! it was great! So now, i can go either way :)
And thats my story :)
Lox or cream cheese. never both
Lox, tomato, onion, and capers - hold the cream cheese!
I like toasted everything bagels with cream cheese or butter.
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Tiny bit of mayo, parsley, lettuce and tomato. Yumfest 4000.
Scallion cream cheese, tomato, onions, smoked salmon and capers. For sure.
I like everything bagels with just about any kind of cream cheese.
Wow, thank you for such a great giveaway! My favorite way to eat bagels is lightly toasted with Nova and lots of capers!
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I like toasted everything bagel with veggie garden cream cheese. Oh my!
@Carmen: you win! Please email us at: blondieandbrownie[at]gmail.com with your email address and shipping info so we can pass it on to Zabar's. Thanks to everyone for participating!
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