{"product_id":"russ-daughters-reflections-and-recipes-from-the-house-that-herring-built-9780805242942","title":"Russ \u0026 Daughters: Reflections and Recipes from the House That Herring Built","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColor photographs (c) Matthew Hranek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Schocken Books Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805242942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.41w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/02\/2013 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mark Russ Federman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51843993927861,"sku":"9780805242942","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_335b07f8-82d8-4913-846d-efc8192021a3.jpg?v=1759848648","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/russ-daughters-reflections-and-recipes-from-the-house-that-herring-built-9780805242942","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}