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Plenty of things scream luxury and excess: Bentleys, Tiffany, Versace... But when it comes to pimping your palate, the choices might not be as obvious. Luxury food items can be rare and aren't often found at the local food mart. Does Wal-Mart price-match Beluga caviar? For Robin Leech-style extravagance in the kitchen, two items set the bar. The spice saffron has built a reputation for being more expensive than gold -- fetching up to $2,700 per pound in recent years. And then there's caviar. A recent U.N. ban on the international trade of Beluga caviar from the Black Sea and Caspian Sea is expected to cause a sea change on
the prices for existing stock. What say you to $2,400 for a one-pound tin of black fish eggs? Be sure to wash it down with a $750 bottle of Krug Clos du Mesnil. Some food concoctions can be very pricey -- $1.65 million fruitcake, anyone? But for food by the pound, it looks like fish eggs and flower stems take the cake.
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