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Celery Shrub

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Celery shrub in a tall glass with ice and celery stick garnish on a striped tablecloth.
Photo by Jennifer Hess

This celery shrub is inspired by Cel-Ray, a fixture in Jewish delicatessens in New York City. Celery tonic, or celery soda, is certainly an acquired taste, but those who love it can’t imagine ever living without it. I first encountered it at Katz’s Delicatessen on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Take a bit of shrub, top it with soda, and pretend you’re in New York.

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