Many clients and friends tease me about always eating bagels. (I request bagels served for meetings and workshops instead of gooey, artery-clogging, sluggish-making doughnuts and danish.) I thought you might enjoy knowing a little more about this fun food.

The word "bagel" has German and Yiddish origins.

How the bagel began: In 1683, a baker in Vierma created stirrup-shaped buns in honor of the country§ deliverance from the Turks by the King of Poland, who was a horseman.

In Russia between the 17th and 20th centuries, bagels were sold on strings and called "bubliki.'

Bagels were introduced into the United States by Eastern European Jewish immigrants in the early part of the 20th century.

The greatest under-reported injury of the 1990s is hand cuts from slicing bagels.

Source: The Grinnell Magazine.

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Kate is a senior partner with CLC, Inc.