text: Of all places that deserve five million stars of all places that were formative in my youth of all places whose provender I crave on my biannual sojorn back to Madison YOU Bagels Forever hold the highest place in my heart And that is sayin a lotnnTo wit My mother gave me a Cuisinart for Christmas This rocked I had to take an extra suitcase back with me on the plane to carry it one that was oneandahalf times as big as the actual box it came in What did I pack the rest with You guessed it poppy seed bagels from Bagels Forever nnThese bagels are SO AWESOME that they are the gold standard by which I judge other bagels And yes I have fed them to New Yorkers the owners IIRC are from the Big Apple anyhow so they are legitnnThese bagels are SO AWESOME that I mailed four of them to my friend who was in another state one summer I hope they were still good when they got there And then I wrote a poem caveat lector it is really bad httpwwwmaenadnetjnlarchives about themnnThese bagels are SO AWESOME Full stop I am crying just thinking that I am miles from them nnGood thing you can order them online