First off - I'd like to take a moment to thank all of my faithful readers who have supported me and tuned in to my musings on a daily basis for the past five hundred days, gosh that is an exciting moment isn't it? In honor of our five-hundredth day I thought we would honor a Manhattan institution that has been around for thirty nine years and closed its doors this week -- H & H Bagels on 80th and Broadway. I will also suggest a riff on the classic bagel with cream cheese and lox, not straying too far from the original inspiration however.
H & H Bagels was one of those quintessential Manhattan joints -- steeped in the hussle and bussle of this great city I call home. It was no fuss, no frills, just bagels, schmear, and lox. Their success wasn't steeped in elaborate offerings and fancy choices but just good honest bagels. Whenever you walked by their storefront, the comforting wafts of freshly baked bagels poured out onto the street, begging you to go in. H & H was a star in its own right, having been featured in everything from "Sex and the City" to "Manhattan Murder Mystery" to "Seinfeld" to "You've Got Mail" to "Entourage," and plenty more movies and television shows. There was just something so special and simple about a good H & H bagel, a cup of coffee, and the New York Times on a Sunday morning.
So this Sunday morning when you're having a bagel dilemma and curious what to do, why not try something new to top your bagel -
How about Massachusetts based Westfield Farm's Wasabi Capri? A spreadable fresh, lactic, and milky goat's milk cheese that is infused with fresh wasabi root and chives. At $4.99 for 5 ounces it is a little more expensive than a nice cream cheese but it is totally worth it. It will awaken your senses and be the perfect counterpart to a few slices of fresh Gravlax -- salt, sugar, and dill cured smoked salmon. Delicate, flavorful, and aromatic, the perfect smoked salmon choice for this cheese. What else? How about a few thin slices of cucumber and some ground pink peppercorns? An excellently elevated version of your bagel with lox and schmear.
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