The Everything Bagel

Listening to Good Food the other day on NPR and some famous restaurateur claimed he invented the everything bagel as a teenager.  He worked at a bagel shop and would do all the sprinkling of poppy seed, onion, garlic, etc onto the bagels, but about 75% of the sprinkle stuff was wasted in the pan below.  So in an attempt at thrift, he used the throwaway mix to make an "everything" bagel.  It is my favorite bagel.  I like stories like this.