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 ...

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 ...

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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 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 ...

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 ...