Hits 2nd Avenue Deli, makes dumb joke
| 4:00 PM Aug 24, 2009
Having recently fainted on the job, Rep. Henry Waxman, abstained from a dish called the “instant heart attack” (thick latkes substitute for bread in a sandwich with a meat filling of your choice) on a recent trip to the 2nd Avenue Deli with The New Yorker’s Ben McGrath. In town to promote his book The ...
A toast to Cel-Ray, the one and only celery soda
| 12:00 PM Jan 14, 2009
For most people, there are two choices for pastrami sandwich accompaniment: cream soda or Cel-Ray. Cream soda, the prevalent option, is a retiring beverage. Too feeble for a lead, it plays decent second fiddle to a salty meat sandwich. Then there’s Cel-Ray, the connoisseur’s choice.
For newbies, Cel-Ray is a celery-flavored soda manufactured by Dr. Brown’s ...
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