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A Rare Chance to Eat Like a Seal

A Rare Chance to Eat Like a Seal

New York Times24-07-2025
On Tuesday night, at a party on West 34th Street in Manhattan, guests shimmied up to an icy display of fresh herring. Some reached for a fork, but the purists held their catch by the tail, tipped their heads back, and lowered the fish right into their mouths.
After six long years, the Russ & Daughters Herring Pairing party was back, this time at the store's newest location, which opened in Hudson Yards in 2023.
'I could eat this herring all day,' said Jerry Richter, 64, who had come in from West Hempstead, Long Island.
Mr. Richter, a public-school teacher and veteran of the Herring Pairing party, got hooked on herring 'at the tender age of 4' and has been eating herring around the world ever since.
But for the moment, nothing could beat New York. 'I have been waiting for tonight for too long,' he said.
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