Above: Langoustines and French sea urchin from last year.....

Below: Sea Snails, Rock Crab, and Gray Shrimp

Grilled Sous Vide Pork Belly, Chinatown Buns, Pickled Carrots, Marinated Enoki Mushrooms

Braised and Grilled Oxtail with Pickled Carrots and BBQ Hoisin Sauce

Stella the English bulldog runs on the Atlantic beaches of East Hampton in Long Island, NY.

Stella at the Beach from jjp on Vimeo.

Caviar: the processed, salted non-fertilized roe of the sturgeon fish. This below is the beluga variety, which comes from sturgeon fish that swim in the Caspian Sea bordering Iran. (It was procured in Paris, France, through undisclosed sources by my grandmother.)

What should you use? Not this wild-caught stuff below! Sturgeon is at risk of just disappearing entirely. That is bad, bad, bad! The answer, according to the nation's sustainable seafood champion, is US-farmed caviar. You can find excellent quality stuff at your doorstep or just a courier package away. Here are few reliable sources: