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 →
I am excited to share the latest book review of Seltzertopia, this time from the Jerusalem Post – A Bubbly History! They got so much right: “a delightful, effervescent and intriguing book,” the “definitive history of the bubbly drink,” “filled to the rim with quirky seltzer anecdotes,” “fun and fullRead More →
WAMC Radio, in Albany, produced this fun piece last week about the temple in the Berkshires where I spoke tonight – for ten minutes from my home – to tease my appearance there this summer (7.18.19 | 7:00 PM | Hevrah of Southern Berkshires | Great Barrington, MA). Have aRead More →
This is a first for me: not a review of my book, Seltzertopia, but a review of Seltzertopia Live! the road show I am taking all over North America. In fact, tonight I just added location 18 (Hello, Connecticut!). But last week I was closer to home – my localRead More →
This week the Berkshire Jewish Voice (“A publication of the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, serving the Berkshires and surrounding NY, CT and VT”) published a glowing review of Seltzertopia, which I am delighted to re-post below: Book Review: Seltzertopia: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary DrinkBy Avi Dresner /Read More →
Today I had a blast being interviewed live today on WNYC‘s All of It by host Alison Stewart. I’ve done a lot of seltzer-loving press in the past decade, but this was my first time doing LIVE media. What a blast! I arrived at the studio, settled into a (notRead More →
I was surprised and delighted today to read that my book, Seltzertopia, was included in a best book of the year list! Hurrah! Howard Freedman, of the The Jewish News of Northern California, published his piece today: The best Jewish books of 2018: feminism, seltzer, race and beyond. I loveRead More →