[Photo: Robyn Lee] This does qualify as breaking news: venerable smoked fish shop Russ and Daughters, long adherents to a "We Don't Toast" policy, have now gotten a toaster to toast your bagels. Good find from The Feed....
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Photograph by Serious Eats intern alum Linnea Covington It might be hard to tell what those letters are trying to spell, but it's just one -ING short of "I ♥ PICKLED HERRING." The crew behind The Universal Records Database...
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The hunt for my dream rugelach seems to be a never-ending one. My current favorite is made by Erica's Rugelach and sold at various Joe's the Art of Coffee locations around the city. Russ & Daughters carries a fine...
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How to Eat the New Catch Holland Herring 101. Photograph by Jen Snow New Catch Holland, or “Hollandse Nieuwe" is like the wishbone of the herring world. Two filets are attached at the tail, and per tradition, you're supposed...
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It's Earth week. People are feeling pretty sunny about the world and ways to fix it. Today at 12:30 p.m., assemblyman Sheldon Silver and Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer visited Russ & Daughters to kick off a new recycling program...
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"The food world is so romanticized these days, but it's impossible to sustain quality and excellence if you're not willing to get your hands dirty (or in our case, fishy). " Since 1914, the Russ family has fed generations of...
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The quintessential New York appetizing emporium will now be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. Weekend hours remain the same: Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Says Russ & Daughters'...
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Tonight's episode is called "Disappearing Manhattan," where Anthony Bourdain will hit "some of Manhattan’s classic restaurants, such as Katz’s Deli, Russ & Daughters and Hop Kee.” He is not saying these spots will disappear anytime soon (or hopefully ever),...
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Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday this year—great news for all the couples who'd rather not squeeze in a candlelit dinner between work, errands, and bedtime. (And, perhaps, even better news for the anti-V-Day singles, out making their own good...
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Photograph from shapeshift on Flickr Old habits die hard, especially when it comes to holiday foods. So, despite international treaties to restrict the selling of eggs from beleaguered wild sturgeon and possible Russian mafia involvement in getting questionable caviar...
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