From the leg­endary New York des­ti­na­tion for Jew­ish appe­tiz­ing, a beau­ti­ful and inspir­ing cook­book that encom­pass­es his­to­ry, tra­di­tion, and absolute­ly deli­cious food

In 1907, a Jew­ish immi­grant named Joel Russ land­ed in New York City, where he took a push­cart of her­ring and built a lega­cy that would pass down through fathers and daugh­ters (and sons and hus­bands and wives) for more than a hun­dred years. Four gen­er­a­tions lat­er, the ances­tral heart of Russ & Daugh­ters con­tin­ues to bus­tle on the Low­er East Side, with three more loca­tions through­out the city.

Over the course of a cen­tu­ry, Russ & Daugh­ters has fed hun­dreds of thou­sands of cus­tomers, many con­sid­er­ing a vis­it to the orig­i­nal shop on East Hous­ton a fam­i­ly tra­di­tion, week­ly rit­u­al, or New York expe­ri­ence. Now, for the first time, Russ & Daugh­ters brings its world-famous insti­tu­tion into read­ers’ homes. Its rich his­to­ry is told through insid­er anec­dotes from the fam­i­ly and char­ac­ters on both sides of the counter; illu­mi­nat­ing guides to its most famed offer­ings — smoked salmon, sable, stur­geon, her­ring, and caviar; and more than 100 cher­ished recipes for favorite foods like latkes, mat­zo ball soup, bab­ka, and bagels, among many oth­ers.

Noth­ing can ever replace the expe­ri­ence of tak­ing a num­ber, kib­b­itz­ing with a slicer, wait­ing in line, and order­ing your white­fish or bel­ly lox. Yet this book cap­tures some of that infec­tious Russ & Daugh­ters appe­tiz­ing spir­it, and most impor­tant­ly, brings fam­i­lies and friends togeth­er around the table.