The Big Bagel Taste Test

This week on the pod we are back with Part 2 of our deep dive into bageldom with bagel baker and celebrated chef Mark Strausman of Mark’s Off Madison in NYC. He and I taste-tested bagels from Wall Street darling PopUp Bagels, which was just valued at 300 million dollars, a classic traditional NY bagel concern Utopia Bagels, next-gen sourdough bagel bakery Apollo, and of course, Mark’s own bagels. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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The Big Bagel Taste Test is an episode from Special Sauce with Ed Levine by Ed Levine.

This episode is 32:46 long.

This episode was published on May 15, 2026.

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