Tasting History: Old-World New York Bagels by Hand with Jeff Cooperman + Lauren McGrath | Sunday 07.19.26 @ 2:30pm
Make, boil and bake old-school New York bagels while learning about their fascinating connection to Lower East Side history!
TASTING HISTORY is a two-hour, hands-on class where you will mix, shape, boil and bake old-school New York bagels from scratch while learning about the bagel’s deep connection to Lower East Side history.
You'll also learn how to whip up the world’s best cream cheese schmear!
Enjoy hand-made [by you!] bagels fresh from the oven, and leave with the skills and the recipe to make them at home in your own kitchen.
This is a unique, delicious experience that combines MAKING and MEANING!
Each student will take home a half dozen of your own bagels (unless you eat them in class)!
ABOUT THE CHEFS
Lauren McGrath (localfoodmaven.com) has been an event producer and consultant on programming, product development and on other projects in NYC. She is well connected in the professional food and restaurant world in NYC and throughout the USA, with ties to many top tier chefs and operators She has extensive hands-on knowledge, having worked as caterer, line cook, general manager of high end restaurants, business owner (Rick's Picks!), teacher, writer and editor. She lives in Manhattan and currently runs the Hamilton Heights Food Coop, which she founded in March, 2020.
Jeff Cooperman is an award-winning television producer, writer, and journalist, with a longstanding passion for cooking. He co-founded Tasting History in 2025 in order to combine his interests in history, education, and food. When not teaching bagel-making and history classes in the East Village or volunteering in the kitchen of Refettorio Harlem, he consults on non-fiction television and film projects.