Russ & Daughters: A Taste of Appetizing | August 26, 2009
Astor Center | 399 Lafayette Street | NY, NY | 6:30 - 8:30 pm
For tickets: 212.674.7501 or order online at astorcenter.com
On Wednesday, August 26, 2009, Astor Center will host Russ & Daughters: A Taste of Appetizing, an intimate tasting that will span 100 years of [...]

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Tune in to ABC 7 Eyewitness News at 5:00 p.m. TONIGHT for a segment that includes Russ & Daughters Picnic Baskets. Then, stop by the store to pick up a Picnic before you head back outside to the beautiful weather!

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It is exciting that Daniel Boulud is opening DBGB Kitchen & Bar in the neighborhood, on the Bowery, on June 8.  Joshua Russ Tupper was lucky enough to stop by a preview event last night; hear his thoughts and the assesments of other chefs and guests in a podcast posted by The Feedbag and look [...]

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Russ & Daughters welcomes the prized New Catch Holland Herring on June 9. After you’ve tried the New Catch at the counter, join us at the Roger Smith Hotel for A Festival of Herring & Aquavit.
This year, to celebrate the New Catch, the annual Scandinavian Mid-Summer Celebration, and the wonders of herring in [...]

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Russ & Daughters: A Taste of Appetizing | May 13, 2009
Astor Center | 399 Lafayette Street | NY, NY | 6:30 - 8:30 pm
For tickets: 212.674.7501 or order online at astorcenter.com
On Wednesday, May 13, 2009, Astor Center will host Russ & Daughters: A Taste of Appetizing, an intimate tasting that will span 100 years of [...]

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Neil LaBute’s Reason to Be Pretty opens on Broadway tonight.  Taylor Antrim interviewed Piper Perabo, for Men’s Vogue, about her long-awaited Broadway debut:
“With breezy sophistication, she offers critical assessments of the latest New York museum shows, the pace of gentrification on the Lower East Side, and where to get the best pickled herring in the [...]

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The Amateur Gourmet asks, “Do you have a camera? Do you have a friend? How would you like to spend your weekend running all over the city with your friend taking pictures of you in front of all of the foodie landmarks, eating cookies from Levain Bakery and smoked fish from Russ & Daughters?”  It [...]

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The idea: hilarious and helpful.    The technique: sort of gorgeous.  Scanwiches is definitely one of my favorite new blogs.        Their tagline: “Scans of sandwiches for education and delight.”  Scanwiches was created by Jon Chonko, a designer at thehappycorp global.  For the past week, I’ve checked it every day, right around dinner time.
The idea is simple, [...]

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