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bialys

  • plural
    of bialy.
    bialy
    noun
    a round, flat, leavened, soft roll made of white flour, having a crusty bottom and a depression at the center that is typically filled with an onion and poppy seed mixture.

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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 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

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

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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