The article discusses the significance of bagels in Jewish culture and American society, highlighting the debate around traditional bagel practices and new variations like the controversial cinnamon raisin bagel with lox introduced by Cynthia Nixon.

Black Seed, a bagel chain in New York City, is successfully bridging the gap between Montreal and New York bagel styles, offering small, dense bagels boiled in honey water but baked in a wood-fired oven.