Savoy Cocktail Book; Bagels

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SAVOY COCKTAIL BOOK

    THE SAVOY COCKTAIL BOOK (1930; reprinted 1999) is a wonderful book that
I've recently seen back on the shelves.  It's 286 pages of cocktail recipes.
Depth-Charge Cocktail, Depth-Charge Brandy Cocktail, and Depth Bomb Cocktail
are there.  So are the Scoff-Law and the Pussyfoot (non-alcoholic).
    "The Ultimate Summer Cocktail Soiree" (a special advertising supplement)
will appear in the New York Times Magazine on June 25, 2000.

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BAGELS

     BAGELS (1999), by Eric Friedler and Peter Loewy, is just barely a book.
It's 80 pages--almost all photos.  You can get better stuff on the internet
for free.
    (www.freeweb.pdq.net/shoe is given, along with commercial sites such as
www.bagels.net, www.bagelnet.com, www.manhattanbagel.com,
www.whatsabagel.com, www.tastybagel.com, www.bageloasis.com,
www.fatbagel.com, www.jewishsource.com)
     The lyrics to the Barry Sisters' "Bublitchkee baygelakh" (1940s) are on
pages 18-19.
     The New York City bagel union story is on page 31:

     In 1915 three hundred members joined together and proclaimed
self-confidently that they had "bagels in their blood," meaning that they
were descendants of immigrant bagel bakers.  They signed an agreement that
they would only hand down their baking skills and recipes within the family
dynasty, so as not to endanger the monopoly.

     The OED has 1932--where is this union story documented?
     From THE BAGEL BIBLE FOR BAGEL LOVERS (1992, 1995, 1998), by Marilyn
Bagel, pg. 3:

     The American bagel industry established formal roots in New York between
1910 and 1915 with the formation of Bagel Bakers #338.  This exclusive group
of 300 craftsmen with "bagels in their blood" limited its membership to sons
of members.  At the time, it was probably easier to get into medical school
than to get an apprenticeship in one of the thirty-six union bagel shops in
New York City and New Jersey.

     From JEWISH COOKING IN AMERICA (1994, 1998), by Joan Nathan, pg. 84:

     By 1907 the International Beigel Bakers' Union was created, but by the
mid-twenties the number of bagel bakeries declined as Jews turned away from
their old folk customs.

     NYU has the Tamiment Library--one of the best labor libraries in the
country.  Perhaps it has some bagel union information.  Maybe some librarian
at NYU can help?



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