The question is how open-minded we can be when Caspian caviar has cornered the market on fish-egg mystique.

FORBES: Roe Rage

Old timers laze away the hot days playing with grandkids and tending to tasks like drying fish and preserving salted duck egg yolks in the sun.

WSJ: Stays: A Boutique Hotel That Once Held Pirates

Make sure to eat plenty of high-quality, lean protein like fat-free dairy, egg whites, fish and skinless chicken (protein should make up about 20 percent of your total calories) and limit vitamin A fortified foods or multivitamins with high doses of vitamin A, which can negatively impact bone health.

CNN: How much weight is needed to strengthen my bones?

It is important to take in adequate amounts of lean protein such as chicken, fish, lean red meat, egg whites, low-fat cottage cheese or a protein supplement.

CNN: How should I eat to build muscle mass?

Hanjeongsik is a banquet of fish, meat, lettuce wraps, tofu soup and steamed egg, served with side dishes of kimchi (spicy pickled cabbage), acorn jelly, dried anchovies and boiled peanuts.

BBC: A perfect day in Seoul

Few foods contain it naturally -- mainly fatty fish like salmon, mackerel and tuna, as well as liver and egg yolks.

WSJ: Vitamin D to Defend Against Disease

Meat, fish and milk were introduced in the majority at five to six months, and egg was introduced last at eight.

BBC: A child is tested for allergic reactions.

As they get older they branch out, and foodies are on the lookout for the places that add a twist to old flavours, like making a particularly crispy oyster omelette (an egg omelette with tender fresh oysters) or using eel balls instead of fish balls in their wonton mee (noodle and wonton soup).

BBC: Finding a favourite hawker stall in Penang

From fetching everyone's fish and chips, slathered with vinegar not ketchup, he moved up to more particular orders: a one-egg omelette for Ringo, cheese-and-cucumber sandwiches for George, and for John caviar and chocolate cake.

ECONOMIST: Neil Aspinall | The