Caviar: piquant, luxurious, and decadent, it is renowned the world over as an iconic delicacy. Caviar: A Global History looks back to the food's indulgent heyday, as well as relating its effect on the lives of the people who pursue, trade, and consume it today. Renowned food writer and critic Nichola Fletcher takes the reader on a tour of the main areas of caviar production: Russia, Iran, Europe and America, drawing parallels between them and recounting their vibrant history.

Author Biography

Nichola Fletcher is a member of the Guild of Food Writers and has written six books on food history and cooking. She won the Gourmet Voice Silver award and was shortlisted for The Guild of Food Writers awards for her book about the history of feasting. In 2008 she won a Gourmand World Cookbook Award for best single-subject cookbook.