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Articles & Excerpts www.cookinclub.com Cyn-fully Delicious--Tempting Your Taste Buds to a Heavenly Level Reviewed by Liz Waters Drawing on the family experience of growing up with a dad who ran the well-known Russert's Deli of Robbinsville, New Jersey, Cynthia Russert Van Den Bogart today manages a popular catering business. In this book published in 2002 by Favorite Recipe Press, Van Den Bogart shares the recipes that people love. They are written in a clear, easy-to-follow format, and clearly are the favorites of customers young and old. Her cole slaw recipe is my favorite deli dish, and her potato salad is another classic. These recipes have clearly evolved through years of catering to the tastes of food lovers, and they are the recipes you will want to share with your friends at the next covered-dish occasion on your calendar. To view the article, click below:
Would you prefer a
romantic Valentine's Day dinner for two in the privacy of your own home? Cindy
Russert-VanDenBogart, owner of Cyn-fully Delicious, 20 Hornerstown Road, Cream
Ridge, is offering a Valentine's Day dinner for two that includes a single
long-stem rose, dinner candles, chocolates, an appetizer, salad, main entree,
side dishes, dinner rolls, and a cheesecake dessert garnished with
chocolate-covered strawberries. Pick-up or local delivery is available, and
reheating instructions will also be enclosed. $79.95; with a Cyn-Fully
Delicious cookbook $89.95. Orders must be received by Sunday, February 10.
Local delivery is available February 14 and 15 for $10. To surprise your
sweetheart with this special dinner, call 609-758-6299 or visit
www.cynfullydelicious.com. Tempting your taste buds to a heavenly level" is the theme of "Cynfully Delicious," a new cookbook by Cynthia Russert-VanDenBogart of Cream Ridge. Russert-VanDenBogart grew up working in her parents' deli in Robbinsville, and after years of running the family business, compiled a collection of often-requested recipes from the deli and her own catering business as well as family favorites. Along with tempting treats such as crab-stuffed chicken breast, bourbon-marinated London broil, tomato-mozzarella salad with blush-wine dressing, and apple cake, the book includes helpful charts and guides and spicy family reminiscences. "Cynfully Delicious" is available at Barnes & Noble, at www.cynfullydelicious.com, or by calling 609-758-6299. To view the article, click below:
PracticalKitchen.com With simple recipes made from ingredients found in any grocery store, Cyn-Fully
Delicious fulfills its original concept of author Cynthia
Russert-VanDenBogart. Her recipes were gathered and compiled over the years that
she helped run the family business, a deli in New Jersey. To view the article, click below:
The
Princeton Packet (8/21/02) Russert family recipes that get the most flavor bang for the time and effort, in addition to utilizing time-saving pantry staples, and helped make Rusert's Deli in Robbinsville a success. Cyn-fully Delicious, by Cynthia Russert-VanDenBogart, a "best of" collection of recipes popular at Rusert's Deli & Food in Robbinsville when the Russert family were its proprietors. Some children resent being thrown into the family business, but Cindy Russert says she "felt like a kid in a candy store" growing up at her family's deli in Robbinsville.Even as a teenager, she says, working there was "more fun than I can explain." She loved the interaction with customers, especially the regulars, and somewhere along the line developed a love of cooking. So it was logical that, after earning a degree in accounting from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, she would take over the business after the untimely death of her father, Bill, at the age of 57. But after she and her husband started a family, Cindy Russert found the long hours the deli required a burden, and last year the family sold the business, which still operates as Ruserts Deli & Food at the same location on Allentown Road. She and her husband, Joe VanDenBogart, have three children: Brooke, Mackenzie and Jake. These days Ms. Russert focuses solely on catering, which developed as part of the deli operation, naming her business Cyn-fully Delicious. She has just produced a cookbook of that name in which she shares the recipes that helped make Rusert's Deli a success, as well as stories about her family and reminiscences of the deli. With a bubbly personality that matches the tumble of blonde curls piled on her head, this outgoing 35-year old is the youngest of four girls in a family of practical jokers. In the Russert family, she writes, everyone talks loudly and at once, and "there is never a shortage of laughter." Her joie-de-vivre comes through in the short, sometimes salty passages that introduce each chapter. She is able to conjure up the rapport between her family and their customers. "We had so many regular customers that some were surprised that their coffee was already poured and fixed the way they liked by the time they reached the counter," she writes. "We were one of the few establishments that still prepared coffee for their customers versus using the self-serve method that is so common these days." The recipes in her book read like a "best of" collection from what used to be termed "ladies' magazines." This is not a bad thing: The recipes get the most flavor bang for the time and effort, and they utilize time-saving pantry staples like seasoned bread crumbs, jarred mushrooms, and garlic powder. They include such crowd-pleasers as Polynesian chicken, veal Parmesan, bacon-wrapped scallops, Bourbon-marinated London broil, apple-stuffed pork chops, and meatloaf cupcakes with mashed potato "frosting" that kids enjoy assembling. About the blush-wine vinaigrette recipe below, Russert writes, "This dressing is similar to a raspberry vinaigrette, but a little sweeter. Try it on a bed of mixed greens with ripe cantaloupe pieces." The garlic chicken recipe, which she adapted from her sister, Diane, is a consistent best-seller in her catering business. To view the article, click below: Tritown News (8/21/02) Cynthia Russert-VanDenBogart, former local business owner, recently released her first cookbook, Cyn-fully Delicious … Tempting Your Taste Buds to a Heavenly Level. After years of running the family business, Russert’s Deli in the Robbinsville section of Washington Township, Russert-VanDenBogart has assembled a collection of recipes from the deli and her catering business as well as family favorites. On May 9 there will be a book signing at the Russerts Deli & Food Market, Route 130, Washington, which is under new ownership. Cyn-fully Delicious includes "Temp-ting Tasties" to "Devilish Desserts," everyday meals to entertaining entrees, and helpful hints to charts and guides. In the book, the author reminisces about some of her fondest and funniest memories of business and family life. Included is how to make Russert’s potato salad as well as Cyn-fully’s Crab-Stuffed Chicken Breast. Also in the book is the time when "Lotto Mania" hit Russert’s Deli and why the Russerts decided to move on after 30 years in business. For more information call (609) 758-6299. http://tritown.gmnews.com/News/2002/0509/Bulletin_Board/008.htmlThe New Egypt Press (3/28/02) Cyn-fully Delicious... If you are like most cooks you have tons of recipes scattered throughout your kitchen. They might be neatly typed on recipe cards, printed out from the internet, or even just handwritten on random scraps of paper. Every time you try to find a favorite recipe you vow that one day you will sit down and organize each recipe so that they will be easily accessible next time. Or, maybe you have even thought that your many recipes could easily be compiled into a wonderful cookbook. Cynthia Russert-VanDenBogart thought exactly that. Soon her cookbook, Cyn-fully Delicious will be on a bookstore shelf near you. "I feel this cookbook is a book for everyone; whether you are just starting to test your skills in the kitchen or whether you're an experienced cook, looking for some tasty new recipes; even the avid collector." by Valerie Schirmer, staff writer The Messenger Press (4/11/02) Delightful delicatessen dishes... Former deli owner creates a cookbook that includes more than just recipes. Click here for more... by Ken Weingartner, managing editor The Trenton Times (4/24/02) Cole slaw and memories... The Russerts are out of the deli business, but 30 years of nostalgia and recipes can be found in a family member's new cookbook. Over the course of 30 years, Russert's Deli in Washington Township became known for selling winning Pick-6 Lotto tickets, quality lunchmeats, soft ice cream, and the cole slaw and potato salad made on the premises.... "Because the business sold so quickly, we didn't really have a chance to say goodbye to our customers," said VanDenBogart, who, along with her three sisters, worked at the store off and on while growing up... "With this book I'll feel like I've had a chance to say good-bye," she said. "There's a personal side to the Russerts in this book," she said. "To me, it's not just a cookbook."... by Susan Sprague Yeske, food editor |