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All About Seltzer: The Jewish Champagne

Decades before Americans bought trendy sparkling water in San Pellegrino bottles or La Croix cans, New York Jews were drinking seltzer that fizzed straight out of etched-glass spritz bottles set atop pushcarts that lined the streets of Lower Manhattan or were delivered weekly in slatted wooden crates.

It was the Jewish elixir sure to cure all ills, from fevers to headaches and upset stomachs, even more miraculous with a dollop of flavoring that turned it into an egg cream. “An egg cream can do anything,” Mel Brooks famously quipped. “Psychologically, it is the opposite of circumcision. It pleasurably reaffirms your Jewishness.”

Enjoy an effervescent evening with Barry Joseph, author of Seltzertopia: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Drink, Kenny Gomberg, the third-generation owner of Gomberg Seltzer Works in Canarsie and hit cookbook author, Adeena Sussman. And sample the old-fashioned creations at a Gomberg-flavored seltzer and egg cream station!

With:

Alex Gomberg, Vice President of Brooklyn Seltzer Boys. His family owns Gomberg Seltzer Works, Inc., New York City’s last remaining seltzer factory, which has been delivering bottles of fizzy water since 1953.

Barry Joseph, author of Seltzertopia: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Drink. His expertise has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, NPR’s All Things ConsideredCBS Morning NewsThe New York Post and more.

Adeena Sussman, author of the upcoming cookbook Sababa: Fresh Israeli Cooking, the Tahini cookbook, and co-author of the New York Times #1 bestselling Cravings with Chrissy Teigen.

Moderated by Gabriella Gershenson, food writer and editor.

Date
Oct 30, 2018
Time
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Cost
Free

Location

Streicker Center
10 East 66th Street
New York, NY 10065 United States
Phone:
212-507-9580
Website:
emanuelstreickernyc.org
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