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An Italian Tale of
Burstyn’
s Bagels
A tip o’
the hat to Rochel Burstyn
for her well-researched and
delightfully connecting article on
June 27, “Bageling for Beginners”
(page 5).
As a retired journalist, I’
m not a
beginner at much any longer. This
is a “bageling” story from 1986.
My husband and I took our
teenage daughters to Italy on a
celebratory trip for our eldest’
s
graduation from Andover High. We
had studiously incorporated all the
tourist-savvy tips that would keep
us above the fray. Among those was
the advice to firmly deny the first
price stated by a cart-in-tow street
vendor.
I’
d read about the books with
clear plastic pages that — flipped
individually — gradually reveal the
original appearance of a disappearing
architectural wonder now in ruins.
Each page added a chronologically
reversed era to the original photo of
what we were viewing in person. The
clever concept took its viewer on a
journey back through centuries of
history.
I had an idea of the appropriate
price in liras — which was way below
this small, bearded, elderly man’
s
asking price — and that’
s what I
offered him.
He guffawed in theatrical outrage
at my low offer. He tripled it. I
went up to 1½ times my offer. He
went down to two times. I said,
“Thank you,” and turned to walk
off.
Needless to say, my daughters
were mortified by my actions. They
spun around in retreat from their
embarrassing mother’
s haggling.
As I followed their lead, the
gentleman appeared behind me and
tapped on my shoulder.
“Yiddisheh meidlelah?” he
inquired, knowingly. As I processed
his Italian-tinged Yiddish, I burst out
laughing.
“What is a fair price?” I asked
him.
I can’
t remember what he said,
but we paid it.
And it’
s still proudly displayed
on a library bookshelf today: the
historical wonder of the Colosseum
and all its human history.
Sandra R. Tessler
Bloomfield Hills
Another Bageling Story
I loved the article about bageling.
My husband and I were on a
culinary river cruise to the south of
France a few years ago and learned
that bagel is a verb firsthand.
We were waiting for the last person
to arrive for a hike in the vineyards
of Hermitage. She was delayed
because her luggage never arrived,
and she had to borrow clothing and
hiking boots from the cruise-ship
staff. I started a conversation with
her to learn that she was a food critic
from Chicago.
One thing led to another and
before we knew it, we were on the
top of a mountain overlooking the
Alps and playing Jewish Geography!
Rochel Burstyn was absolutely
right about the Bagel Theory.
Turns out we were the only Yids
onboard,
and it was nice to have the
connection.
Adrea Benkoff
Farmington Hills
Stop Global Warming
I read with interest your article on
Talking Climate Change with Paul
Gross (July 4, page 19). However, I am
concerned regarding his comments
about not being able to “
stop global
warming.
”
Not only can carbon-based
emissions be eliminated, but carbon
can be taken out of the atmosphere
thus reversing the carbon cycle. And
the technology is already available.
I would like to refer you and your
readers to an excellent documentary
on HBO produced by Leonardo
DeCaprio titled Ice On Fire, which
concisely outlines the problem and its
solutions.
Steve Saginaw, M.D.
Royal Oak
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