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Author Saffron, Inga, 1957-

Title Caviar : the strange history and uncertain future of the world's most coveted delicacy / Inga Saffron
Edition First edition
Published New York., NY : Broadway Books, [2002]
©2002

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Description xv, 270 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm
regular print
Contents Prologue: Caviar Dreams -- Introduction: Crisis in the Caspian -- Pt. 1. The Invention of Caviar -- 1. How to Catch a Sturgeon -- 2. From the Pig's Trough to the King's Table -- 3. Caviar's Industrial Revolution -- 4. The American Caviar Rush -- 5. Caviar for the Masses -- Pt. 2. Ten Years That Shook the Caviar World -- 6. On the Poacher's Trail -- 7. Branding Caviar -- 8. The Sturgeon's Fingerprint -- 9. Caviar from a Suitcase -- 10. Saving the Sturgeon -- Epilogue: One Last Trip Up the River of Sturgeon
Notes Includes Index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [253]-259
Subject Sturgeon industry -- History.
Food habits -- Russia (Federation) -- History.
Caviar.
LC no. 2001049962
ISBN 0767906233 hardback