Last week, after my brief but illustrious appearance on NPR’s All Things Considered, I found a lovely message waiting for me on Twitter: Now, if anyone knows me, they know my seltzer flavor of choice is… none. I make my own, with my old trusty Sodastream, and drink it straight.Read More →
This morning on my Facebook group someone posted the following message. “Hi there, I am a producer for NPRs All Things Considered. Would you be available to chat about All Things Seltzer today? I am working on a piece and would love you have you involved.” I didn’t see theRead More →
If you haven’t heard, there’s a new exhibit, by a San Francisco street artist who goes by the name fnnch, dedicated to paintings, ala Warhol, of cans of LaCroix seltzer. I CAN’t even. #fnnch #stencil #layers #greycocktails #fridaywiththeboys #andamiyra #nofilter A post shared by James P-N (@jamespn) on Jul 18,Read More →
It has been around four months since David Behrman, from Behrman House, contacted me with interest in becoming the publisher of Seltzertopia (after a cold call proposal I sent last February), telling me that my “manuscript brought smiles to the faces of our whole Editorial team”. It has been quiteRead More →
In August, 2010, I spent an afternoon driving around Brooklyn with one of the few remaining seltzer men left in New York City: Eli Miller. It was a remarkable experience. I traveled with Eli as research for Seltzertopia. What I experienced that day became a foundational experience for this project,Read More →
Tonight I had a blast “competing” on Stephen J. Dubner’s (of Freakonomics Radio) new podcast, Tell Me Something I Don’t Know. With guest host Alex Guarnaschelli, the Food Network personality and chef at Butter, I and four others presented at Symphony Space before a packed house, each sharing something weRead More →
Get ready! In the fall of 2018, Seltzertopia: The Effervescent Age will finally hit the shelves. After more than a decade and a half of original research, delving into texts both ancient and digital, resources human and imbibed, Seltzertopia covers the more than 200 year history of seltzer manufacturing, byRead More →
That’s right, on June 14, at 6pm. I’m going to be on the most powerful 500 watt station In America. It’s 1460 AM’s very own IN FOCUS With Dr. Dan & Friends on WVOX. The photo below tells the whole story. In the bottom is my daughter, wearing her baseballRead 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 →
If you are coming to Seltzertopia through the recent Gastropod episode, welcome! For the past decade I have been writing the first book on seltzer, detailing both its fascinating history as well as the remarkable people who are leading us today towards what I like to call Seltzertopia. I haveRead More →