Episode

The Magic of the Bialy

Podcast: Special Sauce with Ed Levine
Published: Jan 23, 2026
Duration seconds: 1721
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Summary

On this episode of Special Sauce we go deep into the story of the not famous enough Jewish roll known as a bialy (which is far superior to its kind of distant cousin, the bagel) with the celebrated chef, Mark Strausman, who is merely one of the great bialy bakers of our time. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices