Posted on 17/11/07
Shark's fin de siècle
Slicing through the waves in countless thriller movies, a shark fin is the very symbol of natural power and ferocity. But in Toronto's culinary community, severed fins symbolize personal power and wealth. Jars of fins line shelves in virtually every Chinese pharmacy and herbal shop around Spadina and Dundas, fetching up to $600 a pound for larger fins from the rarer species. They range from the size of a large tortilla chip to metre-high specimens housed in display cases.
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