In Soviet Russia, on May 3, 1926, a female beluga weighing more than 1 ton was caught in the Caspian Sea. Nearly 190 kg of black caviar was removed. Today, the price of such a large quantity of ...

You can buy caviar in tins or jars. The roe should be firm but soft and moist and never dry. Other considerations: sturgeon populations in the Caspian Sea are under extreme pressure, with breeding ...

Caviar, made by salting ovaries removed from female sturgeon, is called “black diamonds.” Golden caviar comes only from albino sturgeon, which lack a melanin pigment due to a genetic mutation.

In 2018, Food & Wine named this recipe one of our 40 best. In his original recipe, Puck called for black or golden caviar to top this delectable pizza. Today, sustainable, affordable caviar ...