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Find smoked salmon gifts, caviar pairings, and gourmet collections from Solex Catsmo for holidays, hosts, clients, and celebrations.

Learn how to handle caviar after delivery, keep it chilled, and serve it beautifully with Solex Catsmo’s caviar storage and shipping guidance.

Plan caviar servings for dinners, parties, and gifts with Solex Catsmo’s guide to portions, presentation, and premium caviar pairings.

Build a beautiful smoked salmon brunch with serving ideas, platter pairings, and premium Solex Catsmo smoked salmon selections.

Learn how long smoked salmon lasts, how to refrigerate or freeze it, and how Solex Catsmo packs perishable smoked salmon for delivery.

If you’ve ever walked up to a deli and ordered bagels with lox, you were probably served cold smoked salmon. Over the years, these two terms have become blended in the Modern American vernacular, but these are actually two different foods treated to very different processes.

Smoked salmon is always delicious when made from the freshest, highest quality fish, but there are two main types of smoked salmon and they each have very different tastes, textures, and uses.

High-quality smoked salmon has a delicious buttery texture if it’s cold smoked or a flaky texture if it’s hot smoked. Depending on the type of wood used for smoking the salmon might have a strong smoky flavor or a mild smoky finish. Depending on the curing recipe and herbs used there could be a hint of sweetness, a touch of dill, both of these or neither of these.

You’re in the market for caviar and you’re not 100% sure what you’d like to buy. Maybe you’re new to this treat and don’t know what to try out first. Or you’re in love with caviar but want to make sure you get a truly stellar roe for an upcoming event or new recipe.

Chef Daniel Boulud and Catsmo Artisan Smokehouse have teamed up to develop an extraordinary line of custom smoked salmon. The recipes themselves were tested and perfected under the leadership of Daniel Boulud and smoked with fruit wood by Catsmo Artisan Smokehouse in New York's