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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2010’s New Catch Holland Herring season starts today. Join us for the traditional first taste of the New Catch - Hollandse Nieuwe - at the Russ & Daughters counter from 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. New Catch Holland Herring can be purchased at Russ & Daughters individually (two fillets attached at the tail) or in [...]

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We are honored that the Super Heebster was chosen for New York Magazine’s list of “Best Sandwiches in New York.” In this week’s issue, Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld produced an epic survey of sandwiches all over NYC.  At #50, the Super Heebster; they wrote:
#50 Super Heebster: Russ & Daughters
Introduced to a national audience on [...]

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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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The current issue of Edible Manhattan includes a feature about Russ & Daughters, and a Russ & Daughters Classic bagel and lox (this one with Gaspe Nova and scallion cream cheese) on the cover. The feature, “Back of the House: Russ & Daughters - Where appetizing is both an adjective and a noun,” was written [...]

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Head over to the Edible Manhattan website to see a slideshow of images by photographer Michael Harlan Turkell.  Michael spent time at Russ & Daughters recently, working on a “Back of the House” story with writer Rachel Wharton. Edible’s blog today reports:
“We can’t get enough of Michael Harlan Turkell’s photographs on Russ & Daughters, our [...]

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One of the highlights of my job is to see how Russ & Daughters pops up into peoples lives.  This is one of my favorites, a letter and photos I received today. —Josh Russ Tupper

Katie Stewart Sigler wrote:

“So my mom is big into quilting.  She makes baby quilts for every baby [...]

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The benches are back!  After a debacle with a small - yet strong - dog, outdoor seating has returned to the Russ & Daughters’ storefront on East Houston Street, just in time for Spring!  Join us for bagels on the benches.
Catch up on the story, previously on Lox Populi: And the Dog Ran Away with [...]

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