Bite into History: The Immigrant Story Behind a New York Egg Cream
Channel: Doug Levy
Date: 2018-06-26

Throughout history, immigrants have brought recipes, techniques and ingredients. Once here, they adapted them to life in the USA.

This literal melting pot has spawned great dishes and fresh ideas that we enjoy every day. In this first segment of a series, Doug explores the origins of the New York "Egg Cream" soda.

Acknowledgements:
Soda fountain photo from The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
Gem Spa photo By Beyond My Ken from Wikimedia Commons
Pickled Turkey Recipe Card from National Library of Wales
Recipe based on original research, years of living in New York City, and confirmed by consulting the makers of Fox's U-Bet Syrup.
Yiddish assistance by Rachel Figueroa de Zimmerman
Music: 
~aether theories~ by Vidian (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Vidian/57398 Ft: Gurdonark, White-throated Sparrow

This program is Episode 1, Season 3 of 
Doug Levy's Explorations and Observations. For more information, visit douglevy.com.