After you’ve visited Russ & Daughters at The New Amsterdam Market on Sunday, July 17, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. (see this New York Times “Diner’s Journal” post for more details), we have the perfect plan for your Sunday night as well: at 8:00 p.m., watch Russ & Daughters’ extended family member Eden Grinshpan [...]

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New Catch Holland Herring
Russ & Daughters Herring Pairing

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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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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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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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Watching the World Cup today? Pick up some New Catch Holland Herring at Russ & Daughters!

Check out some more photos from the Russ & Daughters Herring Pairing and a ShootBooth slideshow if you want a demonstration of how to eat the Holland Herring in a most traditional manner.

ShootBooth @ The Herring Pairing from jacob krupnick [...]

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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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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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