Egg Cream
Of Egg Creams, Ed Koch and 49 Other Facts You Didn't Know About Jewish New York
Did you know that Al Jolson worked as a singing waiter — or how many pushcart vendors were in New York in 1930? We help test your Jewish Big Apple knowledge.
The Great Egg Cream Debate
There’s something about an egg cream that can bring out the debate in some people.
Egg Creams Make a Comeback
The fizzy throwback is back on the menu at retro soda fountains and fancy restaurants. One sip of this alluring elixir, and you’ll wish it had never gone away.
Mixing Bowl: Israel's Best Falafel, USDA's Food Desert Locator, A High-End Egg Cream
The humble egg cream is making an appearance after dinner and before dessert at Eleven Madison Park in New York City, says T Magazine. The fancy restaurant finishes their rendition of the classic with ” a splash of olive oil…[from] a silver oil can from Tiffany.”
Making Egg Creams for 111 Years, Even on Passover
David Fox has a problem with his rabbi. I sit across from David, at his office desk, in the family factory H. Fox and Company, deep in Brooklyn. David’s family founded the company and for the past century it has manufacturing a wide variety of flavored syrups. Today, however, I am only interested in one, Fox’s U-Bet chocolate syrup, which is widely regarded as the essential ingredient for the classic egg cream, once described by Mel Brooks as “the opposite of circumcision” as it “pleasurably reaffirms your Jewishness.”
The Mixing Bowl: Last Minute Rosh Hashanah Ideas, Jew-maican Chicken and Egg Creams
The New York Daily News reports on ‘Jew-maican’ kosher jerk chicken at a local West Indian Day Parade. The Vivacious Babushka adds a recipe for the spiced meat.