Sunday night I traveled deep into New Jersey to speak at the Milk and Honey club at the Wanaque Reserve, a 55+ community (they said I could move there in a few years). It was a wonderful group, with over 100+ in attendance. But my usual joke couldn’t work –Read More →
Ear Gab is bi-monthly Podcast where host Jason Clark “talks to people who he finds fascinating and hopefully you do too.” (Guess who he spoke with this week? One hint: First name starts with B and ends with Y.) After they do a hard seltzer taste test, the Seltzertopia funRead More →
Last weekend I had a nice crowd in Glen Oaks at their Queens Public Library. My cousin Allan surprised me, showing up and taking in the show, which was fun. It’s always rewarding with these 55+ crowds to reach an aging audience by helping them to fondly recall such warmRead More →
Author and blogger Deborah Kalb posts Q&A’s with authors on her site. Her Q&A with me just went live. Please check it out! Q: You note that you were approached to write a book about seltzer after having written an article for The Forward about it. What initially inspired youRead More →
The rabbi at Congregation Beth El blew us all away yesterday in our blind flavored-seltzer tasting at SeltzertopiaLive! I thought he was kidding when he said if he lost he’d return his ordination certificate. He was down to play! Three congregants took him on, trying to guess five flavors. IRead More →
As we approach the one year anniversary of the publication of Seltzertopia, I am excited to share with you some upcoming dates and locations for where you can see me present live. If you have yet to see my show, please come on out! I offer a very lively –Read More →
The Nosher’s Eric Ginsburg recently wrote a lovely piece, largely focused on the Brooklyn Seltzer Boys, profiled in Seltzertopia, entitled, “Seltzer is Having a Moment: How an old-school favorite became a multibillion-dollar industry.” I was happy to provide seltzer background on the piece, and add commentary on Alex Gomberg’s amazingRead More →
The news site Vox published an article “How we stopped counting calories and learned to love Spindrift: This popular seltzer has a few calories. It says a lot about how we think about health today.” Written by Rachel Sugar, the long-form piece has a section, “The Great Seltzer Resurgence,” thatRead More →
Maya Kroth penned this lovely long-form piece on seltzer (a 9 minute read, it promises at the start) in their Elemental section: A Brief History of Seltzer Booms in America. It is largely a summation of the history section of Seltzertopia, and well done. Most articles feature a photo ofRead More →
I’m so excited CBS Sunday Morning News re-aired this morning this seltzer piece from last November. Yes, I was delighted they tackled the topic late fall, but it makes SO much sense to re-air it to reinforce our Summer of Seltzer. So, new CBS viewers clicking here for the firstRead More →