The following is an Egg Cream Reading excerpt, at the In-Between Club on Long Island April 2011. This will remain available only through April. Enjoy and please leave comments (not here but on the Give Me Seltzer’s Facebook page.Read More →
I am excited that part of my Egg Cream chapter has been published online in the Forward’s Blog, the Jew and the Carrot. April 7, 2011, 11:29am Making Egg Creams for 111 Years, Even on Passover By Barry Joseph David Fox has a problem with his rabbi. I sit acrossRead More →
This fluffy, comedy-inspired cupcake helped Cupcake Wars winner Doron Petersan advance past round one. I found this on VegNews. Makes 12 cupcakes What You Need: 1 cup sugar 1 cup flour 1/3 cup cocoa 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup seltzer 1/4 cup coffee, brewed strong andRead More →
I just came across this great collection of Science Projects With Seltzer. My favorite is the carbonated lava lamp! Another experiment involves creating an Alka-Seltzer water lava lamp. A 16-ounce soda pop bottle should be emptied and cleaned, then filled 3/4 full with vegetable oil and the rest of theRead 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 →
I have just started looking into the relationship between seltzer and the Three Stooges. Such fun! The www.threestooges.net web site defines their “Water seltzer fight” as a routine in which: “The Stooges get into a water seltzer fight by spraying seltzer bottles in each other’s faces repeatedly. One of themRead More →
It’s a timeless debate: Is an Egg Cream chocolate soda with milk or chocolate milk with seltzer? That is, what is the proper order for making an egg cream? The begins of the egg cream have been lost to history. All that remains is current practice. So speak up andRead More →
This “effervescent Jew” is delighted to introduce you to Madame Bubbles! From May 6th, 2010, in Jweekly.com, “Takin’ it to the streets: Jewish vendors add deli favorites to S.F. mobile food scene“: San Francisco’s Madame Bubbles was on her way to teach Hebrew school a few weeks ago when aRead More →
What is your name, where do you live, and how would you life be different without seltzer? My name is Michael Har-Even, born in the USA and now living in Jerusalem. Post-university I moved from Boston to Manhattan, kicked around for a while, and then hooked up with a friend,Read More →
I just received this great email from a fan in NYC who returned from a trip to Argentina (about which fans will know I have written about on a number of occasions). Hi Barry, I was in Argentina on vacation. While I was there, I kept noticing seltzer bottles everywhere.Read More →