Struggling to peel your lobster tails properly? All you need to peel lobster tails perfectly is a simple kitchen spoon.

To quenelle, you need a sturdy tapered spoon with a deep bowl—or, as Murray puts it, "a nice, round bum." She uses vintage spoons; search for "oval dessert spoon" on eBay to find a similar one.

and mother-of-pearl spoons. Instead, we're following the guidance of our favorite restaurant pros on how to embrace caviar as a choose-your-own-adventure that's as fancy or quotidian as you want ...