Mark Russ Federman studied English literature in college, went to law school at Georgetown University, and practised law for 8 or 9 years. Then he decided to ditch the bar for the fish counter, where he had to keep customers happy with the best smoked fish and practice the art of the New York schmooze.
After 30 year in the business, he handed it over to the next generation and embarked on a book, Russ & Daughters: Reflections and Recipes from the House That Herring Built. Readers are going as wild for his writing as they used to for his whitefish. He joins host Ilene Prusher in the TLV1 studio to talk about why.
