Matthew Goodman: The Rise and Fall of the Bagel Union May 18, 2008

Food writer Matthew Goodman, author of Jewish Food: The World at Table and writer-producer of a film on the history of the International Bagel Bakers’ Union in America, presents the fascinating and little-known history of the Union. For decades the Union’s bakers produced every bagel made in New York City until, in the mid-1960s, the combination of frozen bagels and the bagel-making machine destroyed the Union.

$5 per person. Bagels and coffee will be served.

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