On day eight of the Eater Advent Calendar, the caviar I’m topping potato chips and chicken nuggets with this holiday season ...

The world of caviar is one of luxury, an intricate harvesting process and high-priced tins of the delicacy. The United States produced 18 metric tons, or nearly 40,000 pounds, of caviar in 2018.

Caviar there is harvested with the classic Russian and Iranian technique, which involves killing the fish and then extracting the eggs. Other farms are exploring a different technique, which doesn ...

Whether you’re seeking plump and nutty pearls or grains that are firm and briny, there is a caviar for most every taste. Harvested from sterlet and Siberian sturgeon, sevruga is a striking small ...

The female sturgeons are also generally killed before their eggs are harvested. "Caviar is something no-one needs," says Sascha Camilli, Peta's senior PR coordinator. "On fish farms, sturgeons are ...

If everything goes as planned, in about nine years its eggs will be harvested for caviar, which in today's market can sell for up to $35,000 per kilogram. We visited one of the largest beluga ...