bialy
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Origin of bialy
First recorded in 1960–65; after Białystok
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It could be that Bigo was trying to call Nancy a bialy, a holeless bagel, and simply lost his train of biadt.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2021
The bialy might have been custom-made for the job, particularly the ones at Shelsky’s, which are baked to a darker brown, their thumbprint divots filled with a more robustly caramelized onion confit, than garden-variety bialys.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2019
Any self-respecting New Yorker - I daresay, any self-respecting foodie - knows the difference among baba ganoush, kimchi and a bialy.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2014
At Kossar’s on the Lower East Side, once the mecca for the true bialy lover, craftsmanship has declined, resulting in softer, paler specimens often with no discernible center and a few soggy, pink onions.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2012
While the 20-year-old California golfer, who now goes by the surname Foreman, ordered a bialy with egg, her gregarious Italian father forged a rapport with the diner's owner and some patrons.
From Golf Digest ● Sep. 7, 2011
One of Seattle’s best pop-ups, Loxsmith Bagels finds a permanent home next to the Beacon Hill light-rail station, with baker Matthew Segal showcasing about a dozen different bagels and bialys.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
About a dozen different bagels and bialys will be offered for those on their morning commute.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
The skinny 28-year-old, with a permanent smile and waist-length dreadlocks, was slinging still-warm bialys smeared with house-made chive cream cheese and lox.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2012
Developed from the slightly soft, round poppy-seeded and onion-topped pletzel, bialys are distinguished by a puffy rim and a flat, wide, crisp center well.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2012
In your own part of the country, in upstate New York, you can go into a Wegmans and there's Ligurian olive oil and bialys and everything.
From Time ● Mar. 2, 2010
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