Global ban on caviar - what do we do for luxury now?

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Jan 5th 2006 @ 4:05PM

caviar Thanks to our swanky friends over at Luxist, we were alerted to the ban on worldwide caviar trade by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), and this just after the US banned import of caviar from the Caspian Sea. The New York Times had more detailed information yesterday about the reasons behind the ban as well as the 10 countries it affects, but the best story so far has been from the UK's Guardian. Tim Dowling gives the bourgie some other options for luxury items now that caviar won't be available at all - foetal peppers with your line caught mackerel eyes, anyone?

Filed Under: On the Blogs, Ingredients
Tags: appetizers, beluga, beluga caviar, british isles, caviar, eastern europe, eggs, endangered species, fish, hors doeuvres, luxury

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1-05-2006 @8:02PM Ed Fisher said... There's plenty of pretty-damn-good american caviar, especially paddlefish caviar, the best of which is nearly as good as the best caspian beluga. And it's environment-friendly. And it's a lot cheaper than beluga.

There are even some vegan fake caviars out there, if you're that weird.

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1-05-2006 @10:05PM kitchenmage said... I've had paddlefish caviar at the Herbfarm a couple of times and it was very good indeed. But vegan caviar? Oh. Uck.
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1-20-2006 @8:45PM yelena said... being russian i grew up on caviar. the thought of it not being readily available makes me want to cry. how sad is this:(
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