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Seriously Delicious Holiday Food Giveaway: Russ & Daughters

20071129russanddaughters.jpgWe've got another New York Nostalgia package from Russ & Daughters to give away today.

I've known Russ & Daughters' Mark Federman and his family ever since I came to New York 32 years ago. When I knew very few people here I used to just come to Russ & Daughters to kibitz and just feel like I belonged somewhere. It's a place I still visit for shelter from any storm. And for the company and the Russ family's incredible food. They know smoked fish like very few other people in this world.

What's in this package of New York Nostalgia? One pound of Gaspé Atlantic smoked salmon. A half-pound of sliced smoked sable, one pint house-cured herring fillets in cream sauce with pickled onions, one pound of natural cream cheese with chive, eight authentic New York bagels, one pound of old-fashioned rugelach, and a piece of old-fashioned marble halvah. All delivered to your door (as long as your door is in the continental U.S.) via next-day air.

To win, just answer this in the comments below: What's your favorite New York brunch food?

You have until noon ET tomorrow (Friday, December 7) to answer. Winner will be chosen at random from among the commenters. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.

PS: If you just can't wait for this contest to be over and want to order now from Russ & Daughters, we have a special Serious Eats promo code you can use for a 10 percent discount. Just type in SEREATS1914RD in the "Any special instructions or comments" box when you checkout online with Russ & Daughters.

Comments are closed: 225 Comments:

Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon & cream cheese (Goldie Lox) from Sarabeth's. I ate this MANY years ago and never forgot it!

bloody mary, toasted bagel with cream cheese & lox.

Poached eggs, lox and tea!

I think I said Dim Sum in Flushing before. This time, I'll say that my other favorite is an everything bagel with lox.

bagel, lox, capers, onions, cream cheese.

Mmm bagel, lox, cream cheese, thick tomato slice and onion.

sesame bagel, cream cheese, lox, capers

I've said dim sum before, and I'll say it again.

Bagel, lox, cream cheese of course.

I love me some bagels and cream cheese - I'm partial to red onion and garlic cream cheese myself...

Eggs Bennedict

Lemon Ricotta pancakes from Sarahbeths

everything bagel with scallion cream cheese

Eggs benedict with smoked salmon instead of bacon.

Bagel, cream cheese, smoked salmon - with a cup of good coffee and fresh squeezed oj.

Bagels and lox.

bagels & cream cheese

Cuppa joe and a bagel with a schmear .

But eggs benedict with the smoked salmon substitution sounds good, too!

bagel, lox, cream cheese and red onion

still an Eggs Bennedict fan

bloody mary and eggs benedict -- yummy!

A greenpoint picnic: Rye bread from warsaw bakery, kielbasa, smoked fish from acme, cream cheese, farmer cheese, red onion, mustard, horseradish, babka. MMMMMM

smoked whitefish, bagel and onion -- with a Bloody Mary of course

I have not had the pleasure of ever going to New York, but my favorite brunch in general is home fries with a fried egg on top. Maybe this exists in New York?

bagel, cream cheese, lox

A sesame bagel, hot from the oven

bagels & cream cheese.

bagel, cream cheese, lox

Bagel, lox, cream cheese, red onion, and capers.

'ino truffled egg toast!

Eggs Florentine

of COURSE I love bagels and lox! load 'em up with tomato, purple onion and capers. yummish.

migas,
1/4 pound fajita,
fresh lime,
refried beans,
ranchera sauce,
fresh corn tortillas,
biscuit with honey,
coffee.
preferably from Cisco's on E. 6th St in Austin or almost everywhere I've ever eaten in San Antonio that I can never remember how to get to again but it doesn't really matter because I find another place just as good.

Sesame bagel, lightly toasted, lots of real cream cheese (none of that commie light crap for me), lots of lox, some shaved red onion and capers. Oh. And please put the onions and capers UNDER the lox so it doesn't all slide off. And a big bloody mary with a juicy lime, extra spicy, no salt.

K?Thx.Bai.

Bagel and cream cheese with a Bloody Mary!

lox marks the spot

An Everything Bagel scheemered with cream cheese...g-o-o-d!

Bagel with cream cheese & smoked salmon.

bloody mary... that's it.

bagel and lox

Bagel Bagel!

The buttermilk biscuit sandwich at Clinton St. Baking Company.

(I posted to the wrong article) My immediate thought was bagels, lox & cream cheese - but I think I'd take cheese blintzes with sour cream instead!!

bagel, cream cheese, lox, tomato, capers. in that order, put together by me.

Good steaming bowl of Pho - Vietnamese beef noodle soup.
Great all year round.

Sesame bagel slightly toasted with cream cheese. Lox on one side and Sable on the other (Whitefish or Sturgen can substitute for Sable). Load up on the appetizing and enjoy!

I'd still have to say the River Cafe's duck steak and eggs.

I would have to say a nice frittata with a side of crisp, golden hash browns and good sausage.

Bialys, boiled egg with butter, coffee.

bloody mary, bagel w/ lox

theoretically (never having tried it in New York before), dim sum.

Nova on an everything bagel with creamcheese, tomato and onion.

eggs benedict

lox and bagels, and mimosas or bloody marys

Wasn't this question already asked?
Challah french toast, vermont maple syrup, fresh squeezed orange juice.

lox, bagel, cream cheese and the works.... a few capers, some thinly sliced red onion, lettuce, tomato and cucumber for good measure. i could eat this every day.

Eggs Benedict or dim sum

A plate that contains chopped liver, a pickle, a bialy and a schmear of cream cheese!

A bagel with lox, cream cheese, onion and tomato.

i've only been to new york once in the past 20 years, and i celebrated that by nursing a hangover with margaritas from 7A.

eggs en cocotte and fresh squeezed grapefruit juice

bagels, lox, & philadelphia brand cream cheese (from the brick, not the tub)

lox, bagel cream cheese, slice of onion

i'm a sucker for tom's harvest pancakes (corn and cranberries).

but i also really like an H&H bagel with smoked salmon, russ & daughters' horseradish cream cheese, red onion, tomatoes, fresh ground black pepper, and capers. and maybe more horseradish.

favorite brunch beverages are a bloody mary with extra hot sauce, horseradish (yes, virginia, there's a theme), and pepper, a chocolate egg cream, or, traditionally, a bottomless mug of good coffee.

Poached egg and smoked salmon.

Still Zabar's smoked whitefish salad on an H & H bagel.

Smoked salmon, farmers cheese, bagel, black coffee and Bloody Marys. Keep 'em coming

Anything from Sarabeths Kitchens, or....lox from Zabars on a bagel from H & H with a schmear and the fixin's..

Eggs benedict, no question.

Bagel and nova w/ a little onion. Mmmm.

Smoked salmon on a bagel.

Tie: french toast with berry maple syrup or bagel with lox

I don't understand... didn't we already do this last week? Is this one of those personality tests, where you ask the same question more than once to see if I'm trying to deceive you?

Bagels are good and all, but I'm sticking with the short rib hash at Stone Park.

A toasted everything bagel with cream cheese and lox on one side, a sunny side-up egg on the other.

a long, leisurely meal of Dim Sum

toasted everything bagel with creamcheese. and bacon.

Eggs, any kind. I have to have eggs at brunch

Bacon quiche

eggs, skirt steak and blistered padron peppers with sea salt at Boqeria

Eggs benedict or a good old everything bagel slathered with cream cheese.

an everything bagel or eggs benedict. Lots of coffee to go with it!

Bagels and lox. Again, real belly lox, not Nova.

bagel, cream cheese, lox, red onion, & capers

New York brunch? Is that somehow special? I've lived in New York, even cooked brunch shifts in New York, but NYC ain't got no monopoly on brunch food.

Eggs, I guess. Do they have those in NY?

smoked sable

bloody mary + bagel

bagel, lox, cream cheese and red onion

Bagel and schmear. Or egg and cheese on a roll!

Can't go wrong with eggs benedict!

bagels & lox, with cream cheese, OJ, coffee, NY Times.

1 ess-a-bagel, untoasted, with cream cheese.

another vote for bagel w/ cream cheese, lox and red onion

bagel and lox. Of course.

while a bagel and lox with coffee is about as good a breakfast as any (one of my favorite things at my old job was the free thursday lox and bagels... mmm), brunch at rosewater cafe in brooklyn is truel awe inspiring. every time i go, i am truely wowed and inspired.

Smoked salmon and capers sans the bagel and cream cheese. What can I say? I'm a seafood purist.

bagel & lox - coffee

Ham and salmon - and lots of it!

Once again... Mysore Masala Dosa with Sambar from the Dosa Hutt in Flushing.... and also with an order of the Iddly Vada Combo ;)

beer and leftover slices

Bloody Mary!!

French toast made from challah.

Eggs Bennedict of course!

Bagels and lox with plain cream cheese and red onion.

Either dim sum all afternoon, or a gigantic omelet with a gigantic bloody mary. Or Russ and Daughters lox, of course!

A toasted poppy bagel with cream cheese, nova, and a honeybell orange.

bialy and strong coffee

whitefish salad on an everything bagel

lox, schmear, capers, red onion, black olives and a good bagel.

black cup of coffee

Everything Bagel, with whitefish salad...yum

A bagel fresh and warm from H&H with kippered salmon, scallion cream cheese, tomato, cucumber, and sprouts. It's like heaven with a good shmear.

Bagel with cream cheese, tomato slice and lox...mm

toasted, and then cooled, bialy with cream cheese, lox and some capers

cranberry and club soda with lime to wash it down

An everything bagel with whitefish salad, red onions, thin slice of tomato and cucumbers. OR a chunky huevos rancheros from the now defunct New Prospect Cafe or an eggs benedict with a thick buttery hollandaise sauce.

Vanilla Bean Challah French Toast with fresh squeezed OJ and good coffee

well, everyone else has said a bagel with lox (my 2nd choice), or a bagel with whitefish (my 1st choice), or dim sum in Flushing (always good). Given that these are already taken, I'd have to say the popovers with strawberry butter at Popover Cafe.

Eggs benedict with smoked salmon instead of ham, and a pint-sized extra spicy bloody mary.

Oh, bagels, most certainly!

Bagels and Lox

A boul of any type of soup!

bloody mary and a popover.

Sesame balls from a bakery in Chinatown.

omg, not to sound like a kiss-ass, but Russ & Daughter's nova over good cream cheese, on bagel. w/ tomato slice, red onion and capers if i'm feeling frisky.

oh and nothin wrong with eggs benedict

bagels with lox and cream cheese.

Eggs Benedict with a spicy Bloody Mary.

Sturgeon and scrambled eggs at Barney Greengrass with a bagel and cream cheese on the side.

Onion bagels and plain cream cheese.

lightly toasted bialy with whitefish salad and good very very hot coffee.

Definitely the eggs norwegian at Balthazar so sooooo yummy. They make a fairly delish bloody mary as well.

big steaming bowl of vietnamese pho (tai bo vien) with iced coffee

Bagels, cream cheese, lox

A toasted bagel with cream cheese

Bagel, lox, capers, cream cheese

bagel, lox, red onion, cream cheese and coffee

Toasted everything bagel with cream cheese and lox, with lots of good coffee.

Russ and Daughters whitefish salad slathered over a buttered onion board from Chiffon bakery - be overwhelmed with a feeling of well-being.

Sesame bagel, lightly toasted. Cream cheese. Lox. Thinly sliced red onion. Thinly sliced tomato. Cup of coffee with milk, no sugar. That is all. Perfect.

bagels bagels bagels!

either scrambled eggs with onions and kosher salami, or 3 orders of soup dumplings....finished up with a cupcake from Billy's Bakery.

Sarabeth's tomoto soup.

lox,bagel,daily double and ice coffee

lox & cream cheese on a bialy

pain au chocolate from Columbus Bakery

*real* new york bagels

Everything bagel well-toasted with cream cheese and smoked salmon.

bagels and lox :)

bagels, lox, the works...and a nice piece of danish.

I've only been to NYC once, back in the mid 70's, and it was too late for brunch. In fact, since the cheapest item on the Hilton's room service menu was Beans & Franks for $9, I didn't eat at all!

Bagels and Cream Cheese!

A toasted sesame bagel with cream chese, lox, tomato, capers, and some fruit from the farmer's market.

A prune danish from Moishe's Bakery on Second Avenue and a cup of French Costa Rican coffee from the Porto Rico Importing Co., sitting in Tompkins Square Park in the big circle in the middle of the park on a beautiful day.

Or, an order of Matzoh Brie at B&H Dairy during a snow storm in the middle of winter.

Toasted Bagels with either whipped butter or cream cheese spread on them.

Toasted bagel with cream cheese, tomato, onion, and lox

Bagel, cream cheese, smoked salmon.

poached eggs, lox, and hollandaise on an english muffin

bagels, natch!

bagels and lox

smoked whitfish and bagels

onion bagels with cream cheese, smoked whitefish, onions, tomato, and olives. a big glass of OJ and a pot of strong coffee with lots of half and half.

kaiserschmarren for dessert.

A good omlet is always nice for brunch.

Sesame bagel, toasted, cream cheese, lox,
red onion and capers in winter, a thick slice of ripe tomato in summer.

And a double tall latte. (I'm a Seattleite.)

Everything bagel with cream cheese and sable....mmmmm.

Dim Sum - I can't find one that compares in Boston

Warm, freshly baked bagels

mmmm that's easy - bagel, cream cheese, lox, capers

poppy seed bagels with lox, tomato and onion. Why aren't the bagles as good anywhere else?

blintzes.. and bagels, of course!

cofffee, black like my soul
and Bagels, white like my skin
with salmon, pink like my tounge

the simplest of brunches - eggs, bacon, toast, potatoes, etc

salami and eggs with a a very well toasted everything bagel!!!

juevos rancheros

Dim Sum! I live in southern Utah and so have to hold out for the times when I return for a visit. They don't know how to do bagels out here either.

So sad.

eggs benedict

Bagels.. simple.. tastey.. nothing better

still a lightly toasted sesame bagel from ess-a-bagel, with cream cheese, nova, fresh tomato and red onion

The bagels are calling me....

smoked salmon & cream cheese on a toasted bagel

bialy with cream cheese

Hello, My favorite New York brunch food are "Ricotta Fritters!" Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

Bagels and lox!

jasonncaryn at yahoo dot com

this time around: pancakes from tom's diner in brooklyn.

A toasted bagel, lox, capers, cream cheese along with Egg Benedict... and perfectly blended Bloody Mary.

Bagels with cream cheese and lox.

Bagels with cream cheese and lox. And a mimosa.

Apple Juice, Coffee half/half with sugar, Eggs over easy, Bacon, Toast -- mmm!

Me too! Bagel with cream cheese and lox. YUM!!!

A bagel and than another bagel

Cream cheese, good lox, onion, capers, cucumber, fresh black pepper. Hrmmmmm so good.

fresh bagel with cream cheese

A 3-egg cheese omelet with some meaty bacon on the side and a warm rye bagel with a hint of butter . YUMMY ..................

Salty bialys and creamy coffee.

Omelet with roasted garlic, cheddar and tomatoes

bloody mary and an everything bagel with lox and cream cheese

In addition to my prior answer, a true onion bialy, scallion cream cheese, salty nova, and a Dr. Brown's cream soda. With a vanilla egg cream for dessert.

A Tres Leches donut (or coconut cream) from Doughnut Plant with black coffee.

A toasted sesame bagel with a small schmear of cream cheese, diced Bermuda onion, and lox! Accompanied by good coffee, of course.

I do love a bagel, cream cream cheese and any smoked fish, but in the interest of being branching out I will go with another favorite: Waffles with a side of scrambled eggs. Pretty much serves as one meal for the entire day.

Coffee, bagel, lox, cream cheese, tomato slice red onion and capers.
Repeat as needed.

My favorite NYC brunch: We were visiting for a friend's wedding in a few years ago. I was about eight weeks pregnant, and a breakfast at the Fairway Market cafe remains possibly the best I've ever eaten: scrambled eggs with cherry tomatoes, new potatoes, cream cheese and scallions. Fresh-squeezed orange juice and brioche toast to go with it.

Another smoked whitefish, bagel and onion fan here.

I think I'll go with Eggs Benedict this time.

Bagel, cream cheese, lox, tomato, & red onion

Lox and Cream Cheese are absolute favorites of mine!

challah with apricot jam

pancakes or french toast as long as there are no bananas around

plain bagel, schmear of cream cheese, capers and some top shelf lox.

Having never been to New York I would probably search for something with smoked salmon involved.

Bagel, lox, red onion and hard boiled egg

bagel and lox!

Kaiser roll with butter dunked in sweet coffee. Yum

Bagel, schmear, lox, tomato.. strong coffee.

Bagels with whitefish spread!

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Thanks to everyone who commented, and tune in again later today and throughout New Year's Day for a contest each day.