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I don’t know if I agree with the core premise of the article – seltzer is on the rise – but I did enjoy speaking with the reporter. He did a nice job reworking the history I shared into his article. Seltzer: The Next Big Soft Drink? December 17, 2007Read More →

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I have barely touched this blog, podcast, nor my book since my precious son, Akiva, was born on May 5, 2007. Yet today I was contacted by a magazine for “a seltzer quote,” received a lovely email (below) from a self-defined seltzerman and, to my amazement, am giving the followingRead More →

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I got an email today that I enjoyed and though I would pass on: I found your website – not sure if i have any stories but i was a seltzerman – a real one – my family started in Asbury Park NJ – 1906 – we filled and distributedRead More →

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John Matthews is the Brit who brought to New York the secrets of mass producing seltzer, inaugurating the industrial age of carbonated water. I had heard that he was buried in Brooklyn’s famous Greenwood Cemetery and that the site was decorated with some etchings related to seltzer production. This fallRead More →

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The Forward – the 100+ Jewish newspaper – has a wonderful column in which an interepid researcher goes back into their archives, translates some Yiddish, and reports on what happened 100, 75, and 50 years ago. This year some FANTASTIC reports on seltzer have emerged in the 100 category. HereRead More →

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I was checking to see who was visiting the site when I was delighted to find traffic from a Canadian Jewish site, Doing Jewish In Toronto.Read More →

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I just got back from my first public appearance sharing material from both my book and the associated podcast. What a blast it was! And the location could not be beat – Kutsher’s Country Club, in the heart of the borsht belt.Read More →