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FREE BAGELS for National Bagel and Lox Day!

Get FREE BAGELS when you order Zabar’s SMOKED NOVA! + 20% OFF APPY BUNDLES!

What makes this combination so special? BAGELS perfectly toasted: crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside. A slather of Zabar’s Cream Cheese, then layer on the delicate NOVA & you might just make every day Bagel & Nova day!

How to get FREE BAGELS at zabars.com 

Use CODE: BAGEL • for a FREE Bagel Bag
1. Order NOVA: Any Nova flavor, handsliced or prepacked
2. Order BAGELS: Any flavor of Zabar’s NY Original Toasting Bagels (6 bagels per bag)
3. Use coupon code BAGEL for 1 free bag of 6 bagels!

20% OFF APPY BUNDLES at zabars.com
Use CODE: UWSB
Zabar's Upper West Side Appy Bundle Deluxe
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Coupon code BAGEL applies only to products 211001H, 211001L, 211001I, 211001J, 211001K, 211001G, 211015X, 21100BJ, 21100BK when bagel product 911000A is added to cart, limit one free bagel bag per order, per customer. Code BAGEL cannot be applied to Appy Bundles. Code UWSB only applies to products C11016L and C110048, limit 1 per customer. Codes BAGEL and UWSB may be combined and are valid online only at zabars.com. Offers expire 2/10/24 at 11:59pm EDT.

Stay in & order your WEEKEND BRUNCH from Zabar’s Appy Department!

Every week we are at the smoke house hand selecting the Nova (all the varieties) and our one of a kind Whitefish. Our Smoked Fish is made using our own recipes, perfected by Saul Zabar. Our Fish Salads are made in our kitchen every day.

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How a Legendary NYC Deli and Grocery Store Sells 4,000 Pounds of Fish per Week

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We sell 8,000 lbs of coffee a week! Cozy up with Zabar's Coffee

Our coffee is custom roasted, tasted and approved every week (cupping in technical terms). We only sell it if it's exactly how we want it to be. It's clear flavors and subtle nuances puts it far above other roasters, and perfect to sip throughout the day, no sugar or cream needed (though if that's how you like it - go for it!)

 

 

 

Recipe for Every-Day Chocolate Cake

from Sweet Little Cakes from Mrs. Zabar’s Bakeshop by Tracey Zabar
Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

Here is a delightful little cake from Sweet Little Cakes from Mrs. Zabar’s Bakeshop, my latest cookbook. It is small, yummy, and easy to make. If you are baking for a crowd, triple the recipe and use three pans. This, dear readers, is sadly my last blog posting. I thank you for your devoted loyalty and lovely comments over these last six years. Please buy the book (and more copies for holiday gifts!). Love, Tracey

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Recipe excerpted with permission from Rizzoli Publications

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Recipe for Aniseed-flambéed sea bream

from The Complete Book of French Cooking by Hubert Delorme and Vincent Boué, photography by Clay McLachlan, foreword by Paul Bocuse

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This beautiful book is filled with recipes to expand your cooking repertoire. There are technique instructions for sauces, soups, stocks and cakes, illustrated with step-by-step photographs. Next on my list: lime and honey duck fillets on a bed of zucchini; a Provençal vegetable tian; lemon meringue tartlets; and tutti-frutti waffles, dripping with fruit. And of course, the classic French onion soup.

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Recipe excerpted with permission from Flammarion/Rizzoli Publishing

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Recipe for S'mores Bars from Cake & Loaf Gatherings

by Nickey Miller and Josie Rudderham

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This cookbook is overflowing with sweet things to bake, and a few savory ones too. I started with this gooey, yummy s’mores bars recipe, then the black and white coffee cake. Next on my list: a fresh vegetable pizza, peach custard pie, walnut snowball cookies, gingersnaps, and tiramisu jars. Sweet.

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Recipe excerpted with permission from Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher.

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Recipe for Lemon Cake from Sweet Little Cakes

from Mrs. Zabar’s Bakeshop: Perfect Desserts for Sharing by me, Tracey Zabar

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

Although I often find myself baking desserts for dozens of people, such as my family or our local FDNY friends, sometimes you just want a little treat. I spent a year scaling down some of my favorite cake recipes. I hope they will become yours, too. Try the Every-Day Chocolate Cake, Cranberry Orange Cake, Cheesecake with Cherry Sauce, Chocolate Chip Madeleines, or my favorite, babkas, with four different fillings. Then go back in the kitchen to make an adorable Gumdrop Cake, Pear Cake, or a small batch of Cupcakes. Happy baking!

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Recipe excerpted with permission from Sweet Little Cakes from Mrs. Zabar's Bakeshop: Perfect Desserts for Sharing by Tracey Zabar (Rizzoli).

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Recipe for scones from Deliciously Vintage Baking & Desserts

by Victoria Glass, photographs by Isobel Wield

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This sweet little book has wonderful desserts for you to bake. Start with these simple scones, and then try the Louise cake, filled with jam and topped with a thick cloud of coconut meringue. There is a sticky toffee pudding; something described as “bamboozlingly delicious” (banoffee pie); and snickerdoodles. The photographs are lovely and the treats yummy.

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Recipe excerpted with permission from Deliciously Vintage Baking & Desserts: 60 Nostalgic Recipes that Will Make You Feel Like a Kid Again by Victoria Glass, Ryland Peters & Small. Photographs by Isobel Wield © Ryland Peters & Small, 2014, 2023

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Peppered Pan-Roasted Olives

from Cheese Boards to Share Deck: 50 Cards for Stunning Boards & Platters to Style at Home by Thalassa Skinner

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This boxed set of cards has dozens of beautiful photographs of food to place on boards. Delight your guests with these cheese selections and some yummy roasted olives. Next on my list: lovely boards with cow, goat, buffalo, and sheep's milk cheese; a picnic with figs, honey, and blood oranges, and of course cheese; and a recipe for homemade pickles. And then a flatbread with tomatoes; and some nectarine and Serrano pepper paste.

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Recipe for Peppered Pan Roasted Olives excerpted with permission from Cheese Boards to Share Deck: 50 Cards for Stunning Boards & Platters to Style at Home by Thalassa Skinner, Photography by Erin Kunkel © Ryland Peters & Small

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Recipe for Raspberry Squares

from Summer Fruit Pastries

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

Start with these sweet raspberry squares from this perfectly lovely baking cookbook. Then, move on to summer fruit jam tarts. Next on my list: tarte au citron and a lovely cherry pie.

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Recipe excerpted with permission from Summer Fruit Pastries: 60 Bright and Fresh Recipes for Tartlets, Eclairs, Roulades, Pies and More, Ryland Peters & Small 2023. Recipe by Bronte Aurell. Photograph by Peter Cassidy (c) Ryland Peter & Small

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