Happy Chanukah! Tonight is the first night of Chanukah, and Russ & Daughters is making latkes by hand, around the clock. Stop in to the shop and pick up some of our traditional potato latkes, along with homemade apple sauce, sour creme, creme fraiche, wild Alaskan salmon roe, and/or smoked salmon — all perfect toppings [...]

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Hand-rolled, water-boiled, bagels at Russ & Daughters.

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Warm congratulations to Emily and Tensho, who shared their pre-wedding moments with us at the shop.
The newlyweds incorporated their favorite New York City spots, which included Russ & Daughters, into their wedding memories when they stopped by the shop to shoot portraits on the way to their ceremony!
(Photos by Nelson Bakerman Photography, courtesy of the [...]

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Join us for the traditional first taste of the famed New Catch Holland Herring - ”Hollandse Nieuwe” - at the Russ & Daughters counter starting June 7. Enjoy the herring on the spot, pick some up to take them home, or have Russ & Daughters deliver to your door, throughout New York City and nationwide. [...]

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Russ & Daughters is open today, from 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. In fact, we just spotted a customer eating his bagel sandwich OUTSIDE on a bench in front of the shop!
Thanks to Rudy who put down his salmon slicing knife at the counter to run outside in order to capture a photo of this scene in [...]

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Last week we held a celebration in honor of Herman Vargas and his 30 years (and counting!) at Russ & Daughters. Close to 100 people attended. It was a truly special evening full of joy, good humor and spontaneity. We only wish we could have fit all the friends of Russ & Daughters into [...]

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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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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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