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Nov 6, 2022Liked by Tom Pendergast

Those bagels look delicious! You’re inspiring me to get out my baking supplies!

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Great advice all around. For the kitchen and life in general!

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I can tell you, truly, Tom makes a great bagel!

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There's only one way I like my bagels: made by someone else. I'll take a dozen, please. This was a fun read, Tom 😁

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Damn they look fkn good!

Pretty sure I'll never make something that takes three days to prepare and five minutes to eat, though. 😆

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Nov 6, 2022Liked by Tom Pendergast

As someone who has enjoyed Tom's bagels on a number of occasions and who has been lucky enough to try various bagels in NYC over the years, I can honestly say Tom's are hands-down the best!

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Nov 6, 2022Liked by Tom Pendergast

Years ago I worked at a bagel shop. These look way better!

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Nov 6, 2022Liked by Tom Pendergast

OMG I made the blog!! I feel so honored. Thanks for the highly appreciated comments. I've not cooked for a couple of weeks now due to knee issues, back issues, vacation, and a wicked cold. But I'm about ready to do some more cooking. On a side note, did you know that Friday would have been my 8th year at MP had MP stayed around? EIGHT years! I only planned on being there for 2.

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You deliver to Canada, right? 👀 Those look delicious! And I’m with you and your friend Jenn re: no recipe bullshit. Obviously we all love writing here, but if I want a recipe story, I’ll find a newsletter for it. Right now, I just want your nana’s best ever recipe for XYZ.

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Wow, what a great read, Tom! And thank you for being so generous by providing your recipe - I've forwarded your post to the bakers in my family! I'll report back... 😊

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Nov 8, 2022Liked by Tom Pendergast

Love this post! And I’ll be making these bagels - I’ve got a dormant starter I made from wild yeasts from my back garden (an experiment/labour of love in May) which I’ll revive especially for this - never made bagels (mostly loafs) so this recipe is perfect! Great photos, too - and I think your levain looks great - and I’m sure it smells nice and sour.

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I totally agree about recipe blogs with annoying stories at the beginning! It’s truly my pet peeve, which is why I love that you shared the recipe first and the rest was completely worth reading every word. Totally delicious looking bagels. It’s a cooking feat I have never accomplished so this was inspiring. Thank you!

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Ha, nice to run into someone else who hates having to wade through a bunch of BS in order to get to the recipe. One exception I've made is for Edward Giobbi and his excellent cookbook and more, "Pleasures of the Good Earth." Always wanted to give his raccoon Cacciatore a try.

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Dec 5, 2022Liked by Tom Pendergast

I liked your story and would like to make this recipe, however..........What if you don't have a sourdough starter? Can you use a poolish or instant yeast?

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Thanks, Tom! Will start on these today. Been making my Bagels for three months total failure for the 1st month or so. I have tried numerous recipes. Maybe your recipe will give me good results. I will stay in touch. Peace ✌️🏼

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