Gazoz: The Art of Making Magical, Seasonal Sparkling Drinks

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Artisanal, healthy, fresh, foraged, sometimes fermented, and always photogenic thats gazoz. Once a product only of the street stalls of Israel, gazoz, the delicious sparkling soda drink, is growing in popularity the world over. Made with soda water; natural fruit syrups; and fresh fruits, herbs, and spices, its a drink thats equal parts feel good and good for you. In eight chapters covering the base recipes for the drink whether made with fruit, vegetables, herbs, or even chocolate readers will learn to make gazoz at home and also to customise the recipes with seasonal ingredients. Author Benny Briga is the chef who revived the gazoz trend in Israel, bringing the drink a fresh and natural perspective. With no preservatives or unnatural ingredients, gazoz is a beverage on trend with the way people want to drink today.

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A gazoz is a carbonated nonalcoholic drink, but it becomes a refreshing still life, ready to sip, in the hands of Benny Briga, the Tel Aviv restaurateur who serves an array of them at his Caf Levinsky. His new book,Gazoz, written with Adeena Sussman, shows you the necessary ingredients and how they are constructed. Mr. Briga ferments fruits in sugar for his drinks, a requirement for many but not all the recipes. Homemade fruit and vegetable syrups, nut butters, edible flowers and herbs all figure into the magical beauty of his glasses of gazoz, pictured throughout the book. He provides specific recipes for peach, cherry, watermelon, tomato and scores of other flavors, including a rose gazoz. They are at once fragrantly subtle and richly complex. And after youve finished the drink his advice is: Eat the fruit.
TheNew York Times

A retro fizzy beverage is looking fresher than ever at Tel Avivs Caf Levinsky 41. The new book Gazoz reveals the secrets of its effervescent architecture. . . . In Gazoz, Mr. Briga and Ms. Sussman show how to craft syrups, layer flavors and create a drink that reflects whats in your own garden or grocery store.
The Wall Street Journal

Envisioned as more of a road map than a classic cookbook, this book gives you the tools to assemble gazoz drinks. [Briga and Sussman] set you free to make them in your own style. You like probiotics Add kombucha. Looking for some zing and extra antioxidants Mix in fresh ginger or turmeric purees. . . . How to fully enjoy a glass of gazoz: look at its beauty, inhale its aroma, sip it through a straw, and then eat the fruit at the bottom of the glass.
The Forward

Beautifully illustrated and photographed, Gazoz is full of liquid inspiration that springs off the page. If youre an aspiring culinary experimentalist behind the bar, Benny and Adeena have filled the book with all manner of enticing ferments and pantry staples. This book is sure to delight your palate and quench your thirst!
David Zilber, coauthor of The Noma Guide to Fermentation

In Gazoz, you will be transported to the Levinsky Market, sitting on the back of Bennys vintage pickup truck, sipping on one of his perfect potions.
Michael Solomonov, chef and author of Zahav

Bennys thirst-quenching, imaginative creations are as beautiful as they are delicious, and with this new book he finally shares his secrets to enjoying them at home. I cant wait to mix, macerate, sip, and slurp my way through its pages!
Gail Simmons, food expert, TV host, and author of Bringing It Home

Absolutely gorgeous and so refreshing. Benny takes a simple concept and turns it into a complex, layered culinary experience and connects to nature in the process.
Eden Grinshpan, author of Eating Out Loud

Author Bio

Benny Briga is a chef and owner of Caf Levinsky 41, located in Tel Avivs trendy Levinsky Market. Find him on Instagram at @cafe_levinsky41.
Adeena Sussman is the cowriter of the bestsellers Cravings and Hungry for More by Chrissy Teigen and the author of her own cookbook, Sababa. Find her on Instagram at @adeenasussman.