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Expensive Eats

Roman emperors threw opulent feasts and parties to demonstrate their wealth and power.

Inside Roman Emperors’ Outrageously Lavish Dinner Parties

From Nero's revolving dining room to Augustus’s rigged lottery.

Guy de la Bédoyère May 21, 2024

Pearl meat is the ear-shaped adductor muscle in a pearl oyster.

How Pearl Meat Became Australia's Newest Luxury Ingredient

Once humble divers' fare, the meat of the pearl oyster now commands up to $200 per kilo.

Lizzie Pook June 24, 2022

Bjurholm, Sweden

Älgens Hus (The Moose House)

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

Hyderabad, India

101 Dining Table at Falaknuma Palace

Once where royalty entertained guests, this opulent table is now one of the longest in the world.

This little piggy went to the bank.

Sold: A Country Ham for $1 Million

Hogging the limelight at the Kentucky State Fair.

Rohini Chaki August 29, 2019

Tupelo Honey

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.

Separated and washed coffee grains set to dry.

Jacu Bird Coffee

In the mountains of southeast Brazil, the droppings of invasive yet protected birds are turned into expensive, delicious coffee.

The restaurant's gatekeeper.

The Most Expensive Galician Restaurant

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Yūbari King Melon

The most expensive melon in the world is a status symbol in Japan.

Black Tot Rum

The rare remaining bottles of the British Navy's rum rations can be yours for $1,000 each.

Dumplings smothered in XO sauce.

XO Sauce

This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.

Pu'er

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.

Tokaji Eszencia

A wine so luxuriously sweet, it's consumed by the spoonful.

Whole Roasted Camel

Typically reserved for special occasions, the massive meal can be bought for a hefty sum at restaurants in Qatar.

A bowl of sweet soup, with hasma.

Hasma

This pricey dessert is made from frogs' fallopian tubes.

Real Wasabi

Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.

Picoroco

These giant, volcano-shaped barnacles house sweet, crablike meat.

Amlou

Morocco's nutty, decadent spread is made from the prized oil of the argan tree.