It happened that the revolutionary painter Pablo Picasso lived for many years in the Provence and his friend and neighbor, the British art historian John Richardson, was about to write his biography. After the bullfights in Arles they walked home together with the collector Douglas Cooper a...
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I guess it is no “Simple Twist of Fate” that the media all over the world enthusiastically celebrate the 70th birthday of one of the most outstanding musicians: Bob Dylan. Being one of the most influential personalities of the 20th century – musically and culturally – he has become a legend while he...
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This is the story of how my mother traded nylons, jeans and lipstick for Beluga caviar.
It all began in the late 1970’s. My mother was a flight attendant for Swissair and had just turned 21, when she was asked by her boss whether she wanted to fly to Moscow. She was thrilled by the prospect of going to...
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The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on earth and its cultural and ecological legacy is of a priceless value to humanity. It is one of the most sensitive ecological systems in our hemisphere and the birthplace of one of the most wonderful fish species there is – the sturgeon. Unfo...
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When I eat caviar, I don’t think of it as fish eggs. Who does, ruins it. For thinking of caviar in terms of fish eggs, is like speaking of a kiss as a tongue-check and exchange of saliva. It demystifies the experience. It kills the passion and the spark of a particular moment. The remains are hard fac...
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When Mel Gibson read Helen Hunt’s thoughts and thus reacted accordingly before she’d even finished thinking, in the eyes of many a man he became a hero. For the woman’s brain is one of the best kept secrets in the world. Nevertheless, there have been a few moments of clarity regarding this subjec...
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Whilst the history of cinema is full of action heroes and seducers, there is only one who managed to become Her Majesty’s best man for difficult situations and won the hearts of generations: James Bond. No other “suit” has saved the world as often or as casually as the British Secre...
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I am quite often called upon to talk about caviar and its universe whether it within my own company or for other special events.
For many years we have hoped than someone would make some kind of documentary on caviar that did not just presents this fantastic product only from a technical side or th...
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From the upcoming book “Caviar, a history of desire” by Peter G Rebeiz
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