TOKYO >> The last course of my fugu meal in Japan was a flaming cup of sake with fugu fins. If you’re going to eat something that could kill you, you might as well get a little drunk. Fugu, also known ...
Good seafood is one of the greatest pleasures in life, and among fish lovers, fugu is a rare treat. The pufferfish, a winter delicacy, has moderately firm white flesh and a mild flavor. Its culinary ...
Brenna Houck is an Oregon-based dining editorial manager for the Eater network, overseeing the Cascadia, Midwest, and Southeast regions. She previously edited Eater Detroit and reported for Eater. You ...
The seaside city of Shimonoseki in southern Japan has a desirable specialty in the culinary world – the potentially deadly delicacy fugu. Also called blowfish or pufferfish, fugu is available ...
JAPANESE authorities are on the hunt for a batch of deadly fish after toxic parts of the sea creature were accidentally put on sale. A supermarket in the city of Gamagori sold five packages of fugu ...
A Japanese city issued an emergency warning after a local supermarket mistakenly sold five packets of fugu fish without removing the liver, a part considered extremely poisonous. In this photo, a ...
Approximately five hours after eating the liver, the group of men “began showing symptoms of nausea, dizziness, and difficulty breathing.” A Japanese official notes that all five were taken to the ...
The fugu is a fish famous for its ability to kill, if it's not prepared right. So find out how to eat this deadly meal, without dying, according to Lonely Planet's Book of Everything. - The fugu (from ...
In the corner of a Japanese fish market bustling with visitors, the vending machine selling Hyper Aqua water features a cartoon. The image looking back at me – in fact, winking at me – is of a smiling ...
A few days after he returned from an official trade mission to Japan in May, Pittsburg’s economic development director Brad Nail gazed down at a freeze-dried package of fugu on his desk. His colleague ...
The Japanese delicacy fugu, or blowfish, is so poisonous that the smallest mistake in its preparation could be fatal. But Tokyo's city government is planning to ease restrictions that allow only ...
The battle of extreme Japanese cuisine hit a snag Thursday when a Japanese restaurant in Lincoln Park that had for nearly a month been serving a variety of fugu–a blowfish that if not properly ...