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For Epicurean Pleasures Discover the Champagne Chest by Rolls-Royce Motorcars
The House of Rolls-Royce offers to its discerning clients the Champagne Chest, the latest addition to the Rolls-Royce accessory portfolio. The experience of Rolls-Royce Motorcars enriched with gustatory pleasures, is ideal to enhance the luxury lifestyle that includes Rolls-Royce. The iconic brand is rich in the understanding of true luxury and the Rolls-Royce Bespoke Design Collective envisioned accoutrements intended to delight, made suitable for the most extravagant of environments whether enjoyed from a superyacht or on the terrace of a private residence. The Champagne Chest endows conviviality with one’s closest friends, family or business associates with stylish grace and ease. “The Champagne Chest by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is a contemporary…
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Prime Restaurant Launches Unique Caviar Dining Experience
Prime Steak Restaurant has introduced a luxury caviar selection to complement their award-winning steak-focused a la carte menu, as it continues to lead the way in luxury dining in Australia. The premium caviar menu comprises Iranian Beluga Caviar, which is sourced from the world’s rarest, most prized and most expensive Sturgeon fish. Carefully prepared according to Persian tradition, the large grains are light to dark grey-coloured with a soft, creamy texture and a refined fruity, buttery flavour. Prime also presents exquisite Golden Russian Oscietra Caviar, which is delicately hand-selected from wild-raised white sturgeon, known for its large dark to golden brown-coloured pearls. The glossy and firm roe offer a crisp…
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How to Use Pressed Caviar
Pressed caviar is a paste usually made of various grades and types of caviar. The product, which is made from the caviar eggs that break during the packing of traditional caviar, generally comes in a caviar tin. This unique type of caviar was once popular in France and the US, but has all but disappeared from the market in the last 20 years. Recently Jacques Pépin teamed up with California Caviar Company to develop and re-introduce this product to the market. Jacques Pépin‘s Payusnaya (the Russian name for pressed caviar) combines the nutty flavor of California white sturgeon, the assertive full sea flavor from Paddlefish, and the creamy, rich taste of Hackleback roe. About Pressed…
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How to Incorporate Specialty Gourmet Foods into Your Menu
Many people enjoy eating specialty gourmet foods and luxury foods at restaurants and for special occasions, but don’t really know how to incorporate these fancy foods into their menu at home. Once you get used to using specialty gourmet foods, you’ll see new and creative opportunities to add these ingredients to your menu almost every day. Foie Gras Who would have guessed that foie gras is one of the most versatile and easy to incorporate specialty gourmet foods? Just by adding foie gras to an existing recipe, many dishes can easily be elevated to an impressive gourmet meal. In general, foie gras complements almost any type of red meat, exotic…
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How to Best Store Caviar
Whether it’s imported caviar or American caviar, the most important factor in storing caviar is keeping the product at proper temperature. Caviar should be stored at 26 – 35 degrees fahrenheit. The coldest part of the refrigerator is usually the back. The safest way to store caviar at proper temperature is to place the caviar on a bed of ice in a sealed bag and change the ice when it melts. Unopened, most caviar products will last anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. Once a can or jar is opened, caviar should be enjoyed within a few days. If you wish to store an opened jar or…
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Caviar Recipes: Creme Vichyssoise with Black River Caviar
Creme Vichyssoise with Black River Caviar: This classic French soup served chilled is wonderful with a large dollop of Black River Caviar, though another type of ossetra caviar can be used. Since the caviar will sit on the surface of the soup, you’ll want to make sure the soup is thick enough to hold the caviar. If you use home made chicken stock, the stock will be more gelatinous and therefore the chilled soup will have a thicker consistency. If store-bought stock is used, simply add more potatoes to adjust the thickness. Either way, use plenty of potato when you cook the soup. Before blending the soup, you can set…
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Indulge in the Luxury of Romance With Caviar
When the time comes to plan that perfect evening of romance it’s the simplest things that make the moment more meaningful. A moment shared paired with fine food is simple and classic expression of affection: an ideal romantic evening comprised of intimacy, indulgence, luxury, and of course the addition of the perfect aphrodisiac. [pullquote]“Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.” ~ Carolyn Gold Heilbrun[/pullquote] Caviar +Romance = Perfect Pair No delicacy embraces all of these more than caviar, a timeless gustatory pleasure, designed to tease and tantalize. Caviar, evokes sensations similar to love, it heightens the senses with its rich intense aromas…
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Petrossian Caviar: A 90 Year Legacy
As the world and its lavish indulgencies become gradually more accessible to a larger and more affluent population, the question of how we define luxury and what exactly is a luxury item becomes increasingly difficult to answer. There are however a few luxuries that leave no ambiguity and none more so than Caviar, a delicacy that carries a heavy burden on the shoulders of its purveyor to provide a fine balance of nature, commitment to quality and dedication to tradition. As with any organic product, it is a legitimate challenge to get it right; it is even more of a challenge to get it right on a consistent basis so…
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Recipe: Poached Oysters with Leeks, Cream and Caviar
I adore eating caviar straight from the tin with nothing added. No egg, no onions, no blini… just plain caviar. At the same time, I’m always looking for caviar recipes that highlight the caviar, and ideally actually add to and improve the experience of eating caviar. I have finally found such a recipe. The basis of the recipe came from “Alfred Portale’s 12 Seasons Cookbook”. The slightly poached Bluepoint oysters served in their shell with a leek, shallot and heavy cream sauce, and topped with a generous dollop of Caviar was perhaps the most delicious caviar recipe I have ever had. The combination of ingredients was absolutely perfect. The leeks…
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Petrossian Caviar History, LAX Caviar Cocktail + “Caviar in the Air”
It was in the 1920’s that two Armenian brothers–Melkoum and Mouchegh Petrossian–first introduced Paris to the magic of caviar and, in doing so, founded the company that today is the premier buyer and importer of caviar worldwide. For nearly a century the Petrossian family has continued to develop this market, maintaining a rare and privileged relationship with the fisheries. Even today, the family personally chooses, on site, the very best of the fresh, high quality caviar produced throughout the world. In addition, they have mastered farm raising sturgeon to meet the high quality demands of this luxury product sold worldwide. About Petrossian Caviar LAX For traveling caviar lovers, visit the…
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The Story of Black River Caviar’s “Wild Raised” Caviar
Black River Caviar has pioneered an entirely new concept in sustainable caviar. The caviar is harvested from Siberian sturgeon, originally imported as fertilized roe from Russia in 1995, then wild raised in Uruguay. The sturgeon are fed an all-natural, organic feed. Black River Caviar’s Russian Caviar Master uses the malossol, or “little salt” method, to enhance the superb flavor of the caviar. From its inception, Black River Caviar sought out the perfect environment within which they could match the quality of wild caviar production. Black River Caviar has designed all facilities on their farm in such a way that they are harmoniously adapted to the environment and best utilize the…
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Caviar Recipe: Caviar, Crab and Avocado Tower
This caviar recipe is very easy to prepare and makes a beautiful presentation. The lightly seasoned fresh crab and avocado pairs wonderfully with high quality osetra caviar such as Black River Caviar. The simplicity of the recipe allows the caviar to take center stage. Use as much caviar as your wallet allows! Caviar, Crab and Avocado Tower Ingredients: 5 ounces fresh dungeness crab 1/2 teaspoon finely minced shallot a dash of paprika 3/4 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1 large ripe avocado sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 4 ounces Black River Caviar Instructions: Carefully combine dungeness crab, shallots, paprika, half of the lemon juice, and salt and pepper…
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For the Love of Caviar: Editor’s Picks
Our Editor in Chief loves caviar and while the editorial department peruses and researches for an upcoming articles on caviar, she selected these beautiful pieces on which to use, dine and to wear. Left to Right: Barney’s New York Caviar Server, La Prairie Caviar Luxe Cream (in traditional blue and Swarovski edition), Glint caviar bracelet, black Spinel agate, Caviar appetizer (perfect with Champagne!), Jaqueline Clark ‘Caviar’ ring, Lagos hoop earrings.
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Discover: Edible Luxury – Caviar
Opening a jar of fine caviar is like discovering a miniature treasure chest filled to over flowing with tiny, delicate pearls glistening as though illuminated from within. One mouthful is so luxurious. The rich, creamy texture mingles with the buttery taste and each tiny bead bursts saturating the palate with their delicate flavor. Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress. ~ Ludwin Bemelmans Caviar: An Edible Luxury Caviar, the world’s most expensive edible luxury, is harvested mainly from the sturgeon family of fish. The Caspian Sea is the original birthplace of caviar production and home to this fresh water family. Beluga, Osetra, and Sevruga…
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