What is "bialy"

bagel with onion flakes sprinkled on it, by 1936, ultimately short for Białystok, city in modern Poland. The city name is literally "white river," from Polish biały "white" + stok "river" (the Bialy River flows through the region).

n. A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.

n. flat crusty-bottomed onion roll [syn: bialystoker]

Bialy , a Yiddish word short for biały or bialystoker kuchen , from the city of Białystok in Poland, is a small roll that is a traditional dish in Polish and Polish Ashkenazi cuisine. A traditional bialy, or cebularz as it is known in Poland, has a diameter of up to 15 cm (6 inches) and is a chewy yeast roll similar to a bagel. Unlike a bagel, which is boiled before baking, a bialy is simply baked, and instead of a hole in the middle it has a depression. Before baking, this depression is filled with diced onions and other ingredients, including (depending on the recipe) garlic, poppy seeds, or bread crumbs.

In 2000, former New York Times food writer Mimi Sheraton wrote a book dedicated to the bialy, called The Bialy Eaters: The Story of a Bread and a Lost World.

Biały is Polish for " white". The word is a Polish surname, as well as a nickname of several Polish monarchs and noblemen. It may refer to:

• Leszek Biały (c. 1186–1227), High Duke of Poland
• Henryk Biały (13th century), Duke of Wroclaw
• Władysław Biały (14th century), Duke of Gniewkowo
• Konrad Biały
  • Konrad VII the White (1396-1452)
  • Konrad X the White (1420-1492)
• Biały, a codename for Bolesław Kontrym, Polish Army World War II officer
• Harvey Bialy, American molecular biologist