Russ & Daughters: 100 Years of Appetizing: a Cookbook

Niki Russ Federman is the fourth-generation co-owner of Russ & Daughters. At the age of 27, Russ Federman chose to return to the shop in which she grew up. Together with her cousin, Josh, she has grown Russ & Daughters into what it is today, while preserving its cultural and culinary legacy. Russ Federman has been featured in The Sturgeon Queens, the award-winning documentary about Russ & Daughters; television shows such as Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi and Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations; and publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Food & Wine, Zagat, Vogue, and W Magazine. She was inducted into the Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame and has an encyclopedic entry in the Jewish Women’s Archive. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Christopher, and two children.

Josh Russ Tupper is the fourth-generation co-owner of Russ & Daughters. Raised in an ashram in upstate New York, Russ Tupper was working as an engineer in Portland, OR, when the opportunity arose to join his family business at 26. He has been leading Russ & Daughters with his cousin Niki ever since. He has been featured in media outlets such as NPR, Food Network, The Travel Channel, Forbes, The Cut, Kinfolk, Lucky Peach, The New Yorker, and Vogue. He is also one of the subjects of documentary The Sturgeon Queens. Called “the Babka Baron” by the New York Times, Josh has been honored by the Museum of Food and Drink for his contributions to NYC food culture. He has taught at the YIVO Center for Jewish Research and Astor Center. Russ Tupper lives with his wife, Denise, and two daughters.

Joshua David Stein is a cookbook and children’s book author, journalist and restaurant critic. His work includes Notes from a Young Black Chef and My America, with Kwame Onwuachi; Il Buco: Stories & Recipes, with Donna Lennard; The Nom Wah Cookbook, with Wilson Tang; Vino: An Essential Guide to Real Italian Wine, with Joe Campanale; Jang: The Secret to Korean Cooking, with Mingoo Kang and Nadia Cho; Why I Cook? with Tom Colicchio and many more. Among his children’s books are What’s Cooking?; Can I Eat That?; Brick: Who Found Herself in Architecture; Solitary Animals: Introverts of the Wild and The Catalogue of Hugs. He lives in Brooklyn with his sons, Augustus and Achilles.