Sturgeon is also farmed, particularly for its roe, and farmed sturgeon fillets are more readily available than wild ones. Sturgeon is also occasionally available smoked. Whole sturgeon ...

You can buy caviar in tins or jars. The roe should be firm but soft and moist and never dry. Other considerations: sturgeon populations in the Caspian Sea are under extreme pressure, with breeding ...

Refrigeration turned a range of foods into status symbols. By the mid-1800s, it had given the once-humble sturgeon roe a complete makeover. Seemingly overnight, caviar became an exorbitant delicacy.