Pizza bagel

A pizza bagel is a bagel with pizza toppings, originating in the United States.

Pizza bagel
Pizza bagels with a shrimp topping
TypeBagel
CourseLunch
Place of originUnited States
Region or stateCleveland, Ohio
Main ingredientsBagel, tomato sauce, cheese
VariationsOther additional toppings
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History

It is commonly accepted that it was not until 1974 at a Western Bagel in Woodland Hills, California, that 17-year-old store clerk Bruce Treitman created what is now known as the pizza bagel: a flattened bagel with marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese.[1][2]

In early 2014, Katz Bagel Bakery in Chelsea, Massachusetts claimed that Harry Katz invented a variation of this pizza bagel in 1970.[3] Unlike traditional pizza bagels, Katz' version is similar to a miniature pizza. Katz uses bagel dough without the hole, topped with cheese and tomato sauce.[2][4]

There has been a claim that Anthony DeMauro invented the pizza bagel in 1959 at Amster's Bagel Bakery (now closed) in South Euclid, Ohio. However, it was not until May 26, 1970, when Amster Pizza Bagel, Inc. submitted registration for Pizza Bagels to the US Copyright Office.[5] On October 1, 1970, Amster Pizza Bagel, Inc. registered for a product that contains 6 frozen pizza bagels in folding cartons with a net weight of 11 ounces (310 g).[6] There are also claims that a Long Island-based Entenmann's delivery driver named Frank Cerabino invented the pizza bagel in 1968, having received a surplus of excess bagels from bakeries on his route.

Other uses

The term "pizza bagel" also means a person of (non-Jewish) Italian and Jewish descent.[7] This is probably because pizza is a food of Italian origin, and bagels are a food of Jewish origin – and a combination of the two is a "pizza bagel."

See also

References
  1. Balinska, Maria. The Bagel: The Surprising History of a Modest Bread. Yale University Press.
  2. Claire Carusillo, "Pizza Bagels: The Unlikeliest Feud in the East Coast/West Coast Rivalry", Eater, July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. Christopher Hughes, "Inside Katz Bagel Bakery, Where You Can Eat Pizza Anytime", Boston Magazine, August 26, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  4. Robert Lasson, "Brunch Begins in Chelsea", Boston Globe, March 12, 1972. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  5. "The Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: Books, Pamphlets, Serials, and Contributions: January-June 1970". books.google.com. p. 66. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  6. "The Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: Commercial Prints and Labels: July-December 1970". books.google.com. p. 59. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  7. "Pizza bagel". Jewish English Lexicon. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
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