New York Egg Cream

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    One

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

  • About

No eggs, no cream, just the best chocolate soda you will ever sip. This legendary drink is evocative of old New York, but you’ll find it in diners throughout the city today. No one knows why it is called egg cream, but some say it was a witty way of describing richness at a time when no one could afford to put expensive eggs and cream in a drink.