The Guy "Behind" the Viral Paleo Bagel Is in Deep Trouble — Food News

When we wrote a piece on everything you need to know about "Pagels," the gluten-free, Paleo bagels taking Instagram by storm, we were unaware of one major caveat: There is a lot of drama around ownership of the original recipe.

We'd go as far as to say that the supposed creator of the Pagel is in a bit of a pickle.

While Bedrock Bagels might be the first company to mass produce "Pagels" and sell them nationwide, they're under fire for claiming to have invented this take on a Paleo "bagel." (And yes, between the ontology of ownership and the question of "what is a Paleo bagel anyway?" we are wearing out the quotation mark key on our keyboards for this story.)

In a conversation with Kitchn, the company founder Steven Friedman admitted that after having discovered the magic of cassava flour while on a wellness retreat in St. Lucia, he returned home to "research recipes from various bloggers, chefs, and cookbooks. From that the Pagel was born." Unfortunately, we're hearing now that he may not have given credit where credit was due.

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