This video discusses how Lobster made their transition to a luxury item in a "storytelling" format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR5yWTf2ajE&t=4m33s https:/

This video discusses how Lobster made their transition to a luxury item in a "storytelling" format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR5yWTf2ajE&t=4m33s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR5yWTf2ajE&t=4m33s tl;dw westward expansion in North America meant people were increasingly living in areas without plentiful lobster -> refrigeration and canning made shipping lobster west possible -> lobster was fished heavily to meet demand -> lobster populations declined -> rare lobster means expensive lobster