Russian Jewish Food Tour with Boris Fishman!

Borscht, pielmeni, herring under a fur coat...Russian Jews have a delicious cuisine that can be pretty intimidating. National Jewish Book Award finalist Boris Fishman is here to guide you on a Russian culinary journey! Win a chance to learn about the ins and outs of Russian Jewish cuisine from the author of Savage Feast, a personal memoir about Soviet immigration and culture told through family recipes.

An expert on food and its generational impact on Russian Jewish families, Boris will take you and three of your friends on a Russian food adventure throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. Win the chance to take three of your friends on a food tour with Boris, where he'll show you his favorite Russian culinary gems and must-try menu items in NYC!

This is a unique experience, not available for purchase.

Offered Dates: Mutually agreed upon date from June 2020-June 2021

BIO: Boris Fish­man was born in Min­sk, Belarus. He is the author of the novels A Replacement Life (winner of the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and the American Library Association's Sophie Brody Medal) and Don't Let My Baby Do Rodeo. Both were New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Savage Feast, a family memoir told through recipes, will be out in paperback in early 2020. His journalism has appeared in The New York­er, The New York Times Magazine, and many other publications. He lives in New York and teaches creative writing at Princeton University.