Spicebrite

We collaborated with The Brooklyn Kitchen on this limited edition 2011 holiday syrup! Meet Spricebrite, a blend of cranberry, orange, Palm sugar and spices. Perfect for your holiday sodas, cocktails and punches!

Hurry over to The Brooklyn Kitchen to pick up a bottle today!

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BUST magazine holiday gift guide 2011.

Lovage Gin Fizz

Many people have asked me "What does Lovage taste like?" When I tell them the flavor closely resembles celery they usually seem unsure how to take that.

Lovage, for those of you who don't know, is an herb. It's leaves can be used in a salad as well and the root can be eaten as a vegetable.

Our lovage syrup gets some of it's sweetness from golden raisins, a flavor which also helps round out it's herbaceous nature. It's widely used in kitchens all over the world. It's also become popular as an addition to cocktails in bars and restaurants. At The Modern the bartender mixes me a traditional Negroni with lovage. It also works as a nice addition to a Bloody Mary.

I've created a very easy and super tasty cocktail that will go well with our lovage syrup.

Lovage Gin Fizz
In a 12 ounce glass with ice add:
1 1/2 oz any good Gin (we love Hendricks)
1 oz P&H Lovage Syrup

Top with seltzer and a squeeze of lime juice.

Garnish with a lime wedge and enjoy!

Look for more recipes like this as the holiday season progresses.

Good Food Awards

It's official! We're finalists in the 2012 Good Food Awards! The winners will be announced on January 13th. Now we wait...

Day trip to Shelter Island

I don't make it out east much these days. Last Thursday I decided that after stopping to see my mother in East Northport I would make the trip out to Shelter Island to see an old friend of mine at his new restaurant. He had been asking us to come out and visit for a while now and he was overdue a delivery of syrups. He had ordered them some time ago but I hadn't had a chance to get out to visit.

My friend Adam Kopels and his wife Elizabeth Ronzetti opened the original 18 Bay in Bayville, Long Island in 2006. They received rave reviews and I must say for a good reason. Adam and I met at FCI back in our early cooking days. We spent many nights drinking beers and talking about food. Adam, although trained at FCI was hugely into Italian cooking. So much that he landed a great job at Mario Batali's Babbo shortly after it opened and stayed with that restaurant group for many years. After leaving there and spending some time in other NYC and SF restaurants Adam moved back to Long Island, a place he loved, to work. He then met Elizabeth and they opened a restaurant and began to make a name for themselves.

Last year he told me he was thinking about moving out east, closing 18 Bay and doing something closer to the farms and area where he loved to fish. After much searching they scored a beautiful space on Shelter Island. The new 18 Bay is located in one of the oldest buildings on the island. It once housed the post office, a general store and even an IGA. The restaurant is about triple the size of their old space. And the food they are turning out is as amazing as always.

Adam and Elizabeth are working their magic there year round. If you want to take a break from the city and go spend some time in the country, I would highly recommend visiting them at 18 Bay.

Seasonal Soda Syrup Sale!!!

With the holidays just around the corner we though it would be a great time to launch a our first ever seasonal promotion!

Now through December 31st we'll be offering our 12 oz. bottles for $10 here on this site as well as through participating retailers. We can't think of a better gift for your friends and family who love to make there own sodas or cocktails at home.

Below is a list of our participating retailers:
The Brooklyn Kitchen
By Brooklyn
Brooklyn Farmacy and Soda Fountain
Stinky Brooklyn
Brooklyn Victory Garden
Brooklyn Commune
Choice Green
Eastern District
Kalustyan's
Kill Devil Hill
Whole Foods Union Square
Whole Foods Bowery

More retailers to come...

Soude au Chocolat

We'll be debuting our new chocolate soda syrup at this Sunday's Grub Street Food Festival at Hester Street Fair!

This chocolate soda is like no other you've ever tasted. Almost clear in color, it's light and refreshing but doesn't lack a full chocolate flavor.

So, stop by on Sunday and try a chocolate pop! If we receive enough positive feedback we may decide to bottle it.