Can a bagel made in Florida be a New York Bagel?

That was the question asked by Sun Sentinel writer John Tanasychuk. His article, on which I based "Florida Bakery Makes Brooklyn Water, Offers Hope for LA's Bagels," says Yes, emphatically.


To be honest though, the whole NY bagel as holy grail thing (pun intended) is total meshugas. The NY bagels I've eaten brought me no closer to enlightenment, nor did they give me deeper happiness, or tighter buns. I've gleaned far greater satisfaction from the Bagel Broker down the street. So the idea that someone would spend that kind of money on a purification + mineralization system to turn Florida tap water into Brooklyn tap water -- if it even works -- is beyond me. Oy!

The SI post is rant-free, I swear by my bubbie.