plural bialys
: a flat breakfast roll that has a depressed center and is usually covered with onion flakes
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Another Ashkenazic Jewish food, the bialy (short for bialystoker kuchen, after the Polish city of Bialystok), a chewy yeast roll often topped with onions before baking, had been added to that same list two years prior.
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Olga Mecking, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
Jason Diamond, a journalist who’s covered bagels and bialys for both the New York Times and New York Magazine, reported this super-seasoned variety came about when bagel makers wanted to use up the leftovers from single-flavor options like sesame, onion, garlic, and salt.
—Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2024
Soon, both Hechinger and the crew were bringing bialys to the set for Roundtree.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 20 June 2024
Made from toasted, housemade bialys and translucent slivers of wild Alaskan smoked sable, the sandwich is rounded out with scallion cream cheese for plushness, and sliced tomato for a touch of juicy sweetness.
—New York Times, 18 June 2024
The shop offers a variety of bagel types, bialys, and a menu of delicious breakfast sandwiches.
—oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
In the nineties, on a trip to Bialystok, Sheraton failed to locate a single bialy.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2022
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Olga Mecking, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
Jason Diamond, a journalist who’s covered bagels and bialys for both the New York Times and New York Magazine, reported this super-seasoned variety came about when bagel makers wanted to use up the leftovers from single-flavor options like sesame, onion, garlic, and salt.
—Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2024
Soon, both Hechinger and the crew were bringing bialys to the set for Roundtree.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 20 June 2024
Made from toasted, housemade bialys and translucent slivers of wild Alaskan smoked sable, the sandwich is rounded out with scallion cream cheese for plushness, and sliced tomato for a touch of juicy sweetness.
—New York Times, 18 June 2024
The shop offers a variety of bagel types, bialys, and a menu of delicious breakfast sandwiches.
—oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
In the nineties, on a trip to Bialystok, Sheraton failed to locate a single bialy.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2022
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“Bialy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bialy. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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