Building community

One bagel at a time

What better way to talk family business, social issues, or community needs then at a table with your favorite bagel and topping. The bagel has been in the center of many important political movements over its history. Learn more about bagels of the past as well as the latest from Sherry’s Bagels.

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Coming Full Circle: Peddling Bagels

It dawned on me the other day that I peddle bagels. Not only do I sell bagels off my porch, I sit at a table on the street and hawk my bagels. Who would have guessed that I would spend my later years in life peddling bagels?

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Bake Sales and Political Resistance

A plethora of social justice organizations have adopted bake sales as a viable grass root strategy for mobilizing support for issues including reproductive rights and immigrant rights.

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Bagels and Babies

When my baby was born over 31 years ago I faced the same questions that new parents face decades later. What do you do with a teething baby? Back in the 90’s I depended on local papers like the Parents Press to answer some of my questions or my weekly calls to my mom. My mother was first generation from Poland and relied on her mother for child rearing advice. When I asked her what to do about teething, she suggested rubbing a wet cloth with some alcohol along the baby’s gum

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When is a bagel not a bagel?

I have great sympathy for my friends who for a variety of reasons no longer include gluten in their diet. Of course, bakers now make incredibly delicious cakes, cookies and brownies using an assortment of gluten free flours, and I have a smashing recipe for gluten free brownies that I use as my “go to” for potlucks. But what about the gluten free bagel?

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