Bialys

In New York, any place that sells lox and bagels is sure to have bialys. Softer than a bagel, with a well in the center filled with caramelized onions, it is the bagel’s overlooked sibling. Legend has it that it was invented in the town of Bialystok in eastern Poland. That could be true, but bialy also means “pale” in Polish, and it is a pale roll when compared to a golden bagel. I like to believe that both stories are true. The thing I’ve noticed about bialys is that no one ever goe