Caviar is Making its Way to Desi Dinners and Shop Shelves as India Develops a Taste for the Exotic
On a recent afternoon in Mumbai, shoppers at Food Square’s Worli gourmet store paused to inspect the contents of a glass counter. There were tins of French caviar—sleek, chilled and ready to be scooped onto warm blinis or canapés.
Not many moons ago, these translucent pearls of roe were not found in neighbourhood stores. They were confined to billionaires’ banquets or the hush of first-class cabins. But now caviar—saltcured fish eggs, traditionally from sturgeon—is quietly crossing into...
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