Russ & Daughters

Reflections and Recipes from the House That Herring Built

Mark Russ Federman, Calvin Trillin

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English

Alfred A Knopf
15 March 2013

Autobiography: general; Jewish studies; Cookery, food & drink; National & regional cuisine

The former owner/proprietor of the beloved appetizing store on Manhattan's Lower East Side tells the delightful, mouthwatering story of an immigrant family's journey from a pushcart in 1907 to ""New York's most hallowed shrine to the miracle of caviar, smoked salmon, ethereal herring, and silken chopped liver."" (Jason Epstein, The New York Times Magazine)

The former owner/proprietor of the beloved appetizing store on Manhattan's Lower East Side tells the delightful, mouthwatering story of an immigrant family's journey from a pushcart in 1907 to ""New York's most hallowed shrine to the miracle of caviar, smoked salmon, ethereal herring, and silken chopped liver"" (The New York Times Magazine).

When Joel Russ started peddling herring from a barrel shortly after his arrival in America from Poland, he could not have imagined that he was giving birth to a gastronomic legend. Here is the story of this ""Louvre of lox"" (The Sunday Times, London)- its humble beginnings, the struggle to keep it going during the Great Depression, the food rationing of World War II, the passing of the torch to the next generation as the flight from the Lower East Side was beginning, the heartbreaking years of neighborhood blight, and the almost miraculous renaissance of an area from which hundreds of other family-owned stores had fled.

Filled with delightful anecdotes about how a ferociously hardworking family turned a passion for selling perfectly smoked and pickled fish into an institution with a devoted national clientele, Mark Russ Federman's reminiscences combine a heartwarming and triumphant immigrant saga with a panoramic history of twentieth-century New York, a meditation on the creation and selling of gourmet food by a family that has mastered this art, and an enchanting behind-the-scenes look at four generations of people who are just a little bit crazy on the subject of fish.

Color photographs

Matthew Hranek

By: Mark Russ Federman
Foreword by: Calvin Trillin
Imprint: Alfred A Knopf
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 471g
ISBN: 9780805242942
ISBN 10: 0805242945
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 March 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Russ Federman, grandson of founder Joel Russ, took over the running of Russ & Daughters from his parents in 1978 and turned it over to the fourth generation, his daughter, Niki, and nephew Josh, in 2009. He has appeared individually and on panels at the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum of the City of New York, the New York Public Library, and the conference of the Association of Food Journalists, among other venues. Mark and Russ & Daughters were most recently featured on the PBS documentary The Sturgeon Queens; on Lidia Bastianich's PBS series Lidia Celebrates America; and on Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations.

Reviews for Russ & Daughters: Reflections and Recipes from the House That Herring Built

The best thing in the world is to go to Russ & Daughters. The next-best thing in the world is to read Russ & Daughters . --Oliver Sacks Forget the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty . . . New York City's greatest living institution is very likely Russ & Daughters: a temple of uniquely New York deliciousness, Zen-like perfection, and a repository of generations of wisdom and experience. Mark Russ Federman's book is a story not just about the food that made New York great, but a deeply felt personal history. When visiting a new city for the first time, I've always asked the question: 'What do they here better than anywhere else?' When visiting New York City for the first time, the answer is always 'Russ & Daughters.' --Anthony Bourdain