Yom Kippered

New York Magazine dared to step foot into Russ & Daughters the day before Yom Kippur and came out with this quirky article that I love...

"It must be kind of confusing to those of you with ash-blond hair and hands-off parents, but here's how it works: Even though Yom Kippur is a holiday of fasting, Jews go bat-shit crazy over what to eat post-fast. Spreads are traditionally lavish and meatless. Hence the lox-related insanity over at Russ & Daughters, where sources say the wait time in line was somewhere around an hour, complete with some of the best George Costanza–like people watching all year. A rep from the shop was too frazzled to have a chat, but assured that today is definitely their moment. Happy epicurious atonement."

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Yom Kippered

Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday where you starve yourself in order to feast the following day at sundown and fall hard into a food coma. Personally, my favorite way to break the fast is with a fat toasted bagel, cream cheese, and lox. However, there might be an alternative this year. I came across Russ and Daughters Yum Kippered sandwich. Instead of the traditional cured salmon filet, this bagel has thinly sliced kippered salmon, which is hot-smoked instead of cold-smoked. Lets not get to technical here. All I am saying is man do I wish I was home to get my hands on that bagel even if the wait is over and hour.