Sometimes I eat savory food. Among my favorites are the foci of today’s food holidays. For breakfast, I honored National Bagel and Lox Day with research in triplicate, accompanied by a generous serving of nostalgia.
I had the classic bagel and lox from Bullfrog Bagels, Baked by Yael, and Bethesda Bagels. The most visible variation is the size of the bagel. On closer inspection, there’s black pepper in Bullfrog’s and chive cream cheese in Yael’s. Otherwise, they all contain the familiar ingredients that take me back in time and comfort my taste buds.
I’m grateful that the holiday pushed me to get the whole composition. These days, I’m all about critical appraisal of the bagel itself, so I get just a plain bagel and eat it as is, impeccably neat.
Or, I research the everything bagel doughnut, which, in the case of B Doughnut, has optional lox.
It’s also National Pizza Day. I’m unapologetically obsessed with pizza. That said, I don’t eat it very often. Much as it pains me, I try to limit my doughy carbs to cupcakes and pastries.
Here are two memorable pizzas from the recent past.
Pizzeria Vetri crafts a notable East Coast pizza …
… while Pizzana is setting L.A. abuzz.
Pizzana dazzles. I’d expect no less from the Sprinkles Cupcakes founder. And, just like that, I’ve pivoted back to my raison d’être.
Andrea Adleman | Cupcakologist 