Today Russ & Daughters will be closing early at 5:30 p.m. for a very special celebration. We will be honoring Herman Vargas on the occasion of his 30 years at Russ & Daughters. Herman started in the store as a 17-year-old peeling onions in the kitchen, and over the years has gone on to become [...]

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Sunday, October 17th is the 10 Annual International Pickle Day. 10,000 pickle mavens and food fiends come out for this great event celebrating the iconic pickle and all the variations of pickled foods you could possible think of.  Considering that pickling is one of the oldest means of food preservation, it is no surprise that [...]

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Each day this week, leading up to Pickle Day, we’re featuring different Russ & Daughters pickled products here on the blog. (And then we’ll be serving our Beet & Lemon Shrub at the Pickle Day festival on Sunday, October 17.)
Today: Pickled Herring with Curry, Medjool dates and Roasted Cashews.
Sweet and spice meet in this twist [...]

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RUSS & DAUGHTERS PICKLED LOX
Sunday, October 17 is the 10th annual “International Pickle Day” - a celebration of the rich food history and pickling traditions of the Lower East Side. Russ & Daughters will be there, and we hope that you’ll stop by our table at the festival.
At the Pickle Day festival, Russ & [...]

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Talk about bashert. This past Sunday while biking in the back meadows of Prospect Park, I noticed a curious gathering of musicians, performers, puppets, and leisurely spectators starting to take form. In that serendipitous New York kind of way, little did I know that I had stumbled upon something magical, and [...]

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The details of this amazing dish, prepared by Wylie Dufresne and Jon Bignelli:
Smoked New Catch Holland herring, nasturtium gazpacho, cucumber, hazelnut
Soup base made with nasturtium flowers, breadcrumbs, vegetable stock (white grape juice, shallots, garlic, hazelnut oil, and a little butter).
Herring has been lightly cured, smoked and then frozen using liquid nitrogen.  [...]

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New Catch Holland Herring

All reports indicate that the Russ & Daughters Herring Pairing with Wylie Dufresne and John Zorn at Astor Center was a great success! Photos, anecdotes, and a ShootBooth slideshow coming soon!

Event photographs: Belathée Photography
Photo booth portraits: ShootBooth

- Jen Snow

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RUSS & DAUGHTERS CELEBRATES NEW CATCH HOLLAND HERRING SEASON IN THE SHOP AND AT A HERRING PAIRING EVENT
New York’s premier appetizing shop celebrates the New Catch at the counter and at The Russ & Daughters Herring Pairing at Astor Center - a one-night-only special event featuring herring and cocktail and spirits pairings [...]

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New Catch Holland Herring Season starts at Russ & Daughters on June 8, 2010.
Sign up for the Russ & Daughters e-mail list to be the first to hear about the start of the season and our upcoming Herring Pairing event on June 15, 2010:
info (at) russanddaughters (dot) com

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