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 ...

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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 ...

For many travelers, part of the fun of exploring the world is trying new-to-them foods that are unavailable back home. Sometimes, that means eating parts of an animal they're not used to or chomping ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The decades-long mandatory rule of acquiring a licence to prepare the poisonous Fugu or Blowfish may soon be a thing of the past abroad. Adds food expert Rashmi Uday Singh, “I’ve eaten Fugu in Los ...

Fugu fish's skins, intestines, ovaries and livers contain a poison called tetrodotoxin that can be fatal. Tokyo, Japan: A Japanese city has activated an emergency warning system to alert residents to ...

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 ...

A supermarket in the Japanese city of Gamagori sold five packages of fugu without removing the fish's livers yesterday JAPANESE authorities are on the hunt for a batch of deadly fish after toxic parts ...