Mother of Sturgeon
Dignified roe
by Kimberly Lord Stewart
There are few foods that can drive a woman to thievery, but caviar is one of them.
I have a friend (really, it’s not me) who keeps a mother of pearl spoon in her purse for the sole purpose of tasting caviar—at the store. When the moment is right, and the big round security mirror isn’t pointed at her, she twists open the jar—POP!—and dips in.