For a food that’s been around for centuries, the bagel can still start an argument. Toasted or not? Sliced or whole? Scooped out or left alone? Nobody I knew had better answers to those questions than my friend Ed Chabot, a true bagel connoisseur who passed away last month.
Whenever we gathered with all our friends, he would bring two paper bags from his favorite shop with a variety of flavors, and we’d look forward to them every time…