The Russ & Daughters Mini Yum Kippered sandwich is featured in New York Magazine’s annual “Underground Gourmet guide to all that is brand spanking new and good to eat,” the “2010 Eat Cheap Issue” by Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld. The article shows the small sandwich in great company, with “mini” dishes from Momofuku Milk [...]

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In this Elle Magazine cover story by Andrew Goldman, actress Keira Knightly talks about making movies in New York and how much she misses the “amazing” Russ & Daughters now that she’s gone:
“So, a modest proposal: Knightley told me she’d developed a love of New York while filming Last Night, that she still thinks about [...]

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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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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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– some are new customers, many are regulars, and still others have been coming to the shop for twice the number of years I’ve been alive. The conversations take place over or in front of the counter, in the course of slicing lox, filleting a herring, sharing a piece of babka, or talking on the [...]

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Celebrate the publication of Taschen’s New York tonight at Book Court in Brooklyn. Taschen’s beautiful guide book to hotels, restaurants, and shops in NYC features by Angelika Taschen, with photographs by Poul Ober and text by Daisann McLane.
Taschen’s New York
Book Court
September 29, 2009. 7:00 p.m.
163 Court Street, Brooklyn NY 11201  718.875.3677

- Jen Snow

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Thanks to Oliver Sacks, Russ & Daughters herring is the “Talk of the Town!”  Sacks writes about the New Catch Holland Herring, and other clupeal delights, in this week’s New Yorker.
- Jen Snow

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In the current issue of Gourmet Magazine‘s weekly newsletter, Editor In Chief Ruth Reichl writes lovingly of herring’s special meaning in her family, and she talks specifically about the New Catch Holland Herring.
Reichl’s anecdote about her parents is tender and touching, and her description of the taste of these prized herring is perfect too:

“My father [...]

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