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The Thousand-Dollar Bagel

by Jordan Yerman | November 7, 2007 at 08:33 am

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Another culinary publicity stunt, it would seem...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A New York chef has come up with a luxury version of one of the city's staple foods -- the $1,000 bagel.

The pricey bagel, that is topped with white truffle cream cheese and goji berry infused Riesling jelly with golden leaves, joins a list of $1,000 delicacies in Manhattan that includes an ice-cream sundae topped with a 23-karat edible gold leaf and a pizza topped with six kinds of caviar and lobster.

Caviar/lobster pizza?! Sounds perfectly awful... didn't Shaggy and Scooby like putting all sorts of random stuff on pizza?

"I wanted to create something that speaks to New York, and is also a reflection of my culinary passion for seasonality and fine ingredients," said Tujague in a statement.

It doesn't so much speak to New York as at it... the very few who could drop a G for a bagel have probably amassed their wealth by NOT dropping a G for a bagel. I bought my boiled delicacies with change dug from behind the couch, which I had salvaged from the street on bulk-trash day: my "luxury bagel" was one with-- dare to hope-- sundried tomato cream cheese.

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Brian A Kennedy

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at 08:42 on November 7th, 2007

Yeah, we seem to have a knack for conspicuous overconsumption in NYC -- we also have the world's most expensive pizza and omelette (and we're in the running for cocktails).

James Pate

at 08:57 on November 7th, 2007

Ah, the decadence of the bourgeoisie knows no bounds! Great story.

Rob Peters

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at 09:15 on November 7th, 2007

Nice find Jordan. I'm always a fan of the weird stories. It sounds really gross. Edible gold leaves???

ianivs

at 11:10 on November 7th, 2007

Pure gold is tasteless and is not harmful if you eat small quantities. However, large accumulations of gold in the body can cause symptoms similar to heavy metal poisoning.