In ancient times, turtle soup symbolized luxury and sophistication, served at the most distinguished parties and prestigious restaurants. Today, its name may cause surprise or even consternation.

While we've found plenty of reasons to dine at Perry's regularly, no menu item has us coming back as often as its turtle soup, which is hard to find anywhere, much less a bowl this tasty.

Eventually, the demand for green turtle meat and calipee to make soup resulted in the development of an active fishery in the Caribbean Sea and other areas. Renowned sea turtle conservationist Archie ...