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Lox

Silky salt-cured salmon draped over a bagel with cream cheese

United States Charcuterie & cured

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Eastern European Jewish New Yorkers adapted brined Pacific salmon shipped east by rail; appetising stores paired it with the bagel and cream cheese.

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What is Lox?

Lox is a charcuterie & cured from United States: silky salt-cured salmon draped over a bagel with cream cheese. Eastern European Jewish New Yorkers adapted brined Pacific salmon shipped east by rail; appetising stores paired it with the bagel and cream cheese.

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fishspices

Cooked

cured

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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