Why is seltzer having a moment? And where did seltzer come from? These questions and more are addressed in this great new journalistic video about seltzer (and great NOT just because I am featured in it, and helped them with their history, graphs, and image/video research). It is presented withRead More →
As on-going research for my book, I track seltzer in the news. Who is drinking it? What are they drinking? Why, and with whom? The trends and highlights I observed I now package for you, my crew of seltzer lovers, as 2016: The Year in Seltzer. SELTZER IS STILL HOT (ANDRead More →
Green interests are increasingly promoting the D.I.Y. seltzer movement, as evidenced by this recent video from SodaStream. From the SodaStream YouTube channel: “Highlights of SodaStream’s environmental speaker series at the 2011 International Home and Housewares Show. The average American household uses over 2000 plastic bottles and aluminum cans each year,Read More →
Okay, this looks TOTALLY crazy to me. The DIY movement I usually admire – the why-buy-when-I-can-make-it-myself crowd. But carbonation is SERIOUS business – you’re dealing with pressure and things explode. Seltzer delivery men had to (and still have to) contend with the potential of losing hands to exploding glass. Yet,Read More →
This great article from YIVO on European Jewry and health has this fantastic image from the 1920s from a spa: Sara Berland and her daughter, Felicja, from Chełm, visiting Krynica, a town in Poland famous for its spa, 1920s. It was traditional for visitors to a spa to carry aroundRead More →