BoroPark24 recently published a piece on seltzer and the labor history in their neighborhood. Below is a piece: Seltzer was once the beverage of choice for Boro Parkers of yesteryear, and many can recall the Seltzer truck that you used to make the rounds delivering seltzer in glass bottles. ToRead More →
Check out Rachel Ringler‘s new article in the Nosher, below or in the original. What Is an Egg Cream and Why Is It So Jewish? And, more importantly, is it delicious? An egg cream was my father’s kitchen claim to fame. He assembled them with great flourish — Fox’s U-BetRead More →
A few weeks ago I was contacted by an upstate New York reporter who wanted to localize the story on the rise of hard seltzer. I got to do my usual thing – be the seltzer expert – and you can watch or read it below. SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News)Read More →
Seltzertopia was extensively quoted in a recent article in Smithsonian Magazine. Entitled, “The Intoxicating History of the Canned Cocktail,” it focuses on how “since the 1890s, the premade cocktail has flip-flopped from novelty item to kitschy commodity—but the pandemic has sales surging.” The journalist, Liza Weisstuch, focused on one ofRead More →
In March I was contacted by a reporter, Yitzchok Shteirman, who writes within the Jewish Orthodox press. I know this community loves seltzer, and has a strong affinity for it, so I’ve been surprised that they hadn’t discovered the book until now. Speaking with Yitzchok was a delight, as wasRead More →
Last week I posted “R.I.P. Eli the Seltzer Man (my eulogy)“, about the passing of Eli, his funeral in the age of social distancing, and what it was like to present my eulogy from a hotel room in Philly at his Brooklyn funeral. Today I was happy to see hisRead More →
My local paper, the Queens Chronicle, published an interview with me this week in an article promoting Seltzertopia. …for author Barry Joseph of Forest Hills, genuine seltzer delivered to your door —not the stuff in the supermarket soda aisle — has become something of a passion that he chronicles inRead More →
MSNBC’s Millenial-focused Make It posted today both a video and an article about the history of seltzer and the rise of hard seltzers, both including me. After calling me “The guy who wrote THE book on seltzer” I got to deliver my 4 Beats of Seltzer History (below). I lovedRead 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 →
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 →