This is your cookbook, too. Over the next few weeks, I'll format and include some of the wonderful recipes y'all have sent in to the Grouchy Cafe.

In the meantime, here's my favorite bagel spread:

cafephreak's special parsley explosion

Two bunches of flat-leaf, Italian parsley
One block of soft tofu
5 or 6 cloves of garlic
LOTS of pepper
a dash of salt
juice of one lemon

Mix it all up in a food processor if you can. If you don't have one, turn on some groovy music (like the Rolling Stones) and start chopping and mixing until everythingis mixed together into a sexy paste. Spread on a bagel!