Yes, the ocean produces actual pearls, but to foodies the real pearls from the nautical world are fish roe. Because fish eggs, or roe, are widely coveted and enjoyed in a variety of dishes, it's ...

I don't tell too many fish stories in this column. I usually leave those to my colleague Kelly Bostian in the Sports department. But this one is a whopper. It seems that the rest of the world is ...

What is caviar? It is is a type of fish roe, a term that describes the eggs from different types of fish. A sturgeon can release several million eggs at once, and are either caught in the wild or ...

We scoured the internet to find the best places to buy caviar—and get it shipped right to your door. Serious Eats / Julie Bang While caviar (the salted, cured, unfertilized egg of a sturgeon) isn’t ...

Which came first — the sturgeon or the egg? Probably the sturgeon. The legendary fish dates back to prehistoric times, but the precious roe harvested from this “living fossil” is a decidedly ...

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While he was czar of Russia, Peter the Great had his ambassador deliver a gift of fine caviar to Louis XV, king of France. When, with great ceremony, the young monarch tasted his first mouthful of the ...