New York City Bagel Etiquette

As synonymous with the city of New York as the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty, the bagel – that key representative of the joys of Jewish American cuisine – is a stalwart of the American diet. It ticks all the boxes: it’s refreshingly indiscriminate – there’s no stigma around eating one on the subway, say, and its comparatively low-calorie count (this is no dollar slice, people) makes for a happily malleable breakfast or mid-afternoon snack. The bagel is among…