Caviar: A Global History by Nichola Fletcher

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  • ISBN 10 1861896506
  • ISBN 13 9781861896506
  • Published Apr 30 2010
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 144
  • Language English
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Reaktion Books
  • Imprint Reaktion Books

Publishers Text

Caviar: piquant, luxurious, and decadent, it is renowned the world over as an iconic delicacy. "Caviar: A Global History" looks back to the food's indulgent heyday, as well as relating its effect on the lives of the people who pursue, trade, and consume it today. Renowned food writer and critic Nichola Fletcher takes the reader on a tour of the main areas of caviar production: Russia, Iran, Europe and America, drawing parallels between them and recounting their vibrant history. Caviar also investigates how the industry as well as illegal fishing have contributed to the plight of the sturgeon, the innocent victim of our insatiable desire for caviar. However, solutions are forthcoming; large efforts are being made to regulate sturgeon farming to a sustainable degree - with the result that it may now be possible to enjoy caviar with a clear conscience. Featuring vibrant illustrations and a well-informed text, Caviar offers advice on purchasing, presenting and eating caviar. It would be easy to write off caviar as an out-of-date indulgence that should be banned, but Fletcher shows that the story is far more complex and interesting than that. She proves that there is hope for the future, and rejoins us to consume with gusto this most opulent and indulgent of all foods.

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