No To Nobu, Save the Bluefin Tuna Celebs Like Sting Say

In his June 5, 2009 piece in The Independent, Celebrity diners say no to Nobu, Martin Hickman writes:Protesting actors, pop stars, models and socialites have started a celebrity backlash against the A-list's favourite restaurant Nobu for selling an endangered fish.Sienna...

What drops from the Sky on New Years? You will be Surprized!

In the United States most viewers watch the Ball drop in New York City but for many small towns other objects are dropped at the stroke of Midnight.  In Atlanta, for example, the Giant peach descends down a...

Google 'Voice Search' hands-on verdict: Awesome

" The new voice-activated Google Mobile app for the iPhone is finally here. Whatever the reason for the delay, it was worth the wait. As we wrote last week, the search app knows when you bring the phone to your...

Richard Ellis interview wets my appetite for more of 'Tuna: A Love Story'

While grabbing my second espresso of the day, I had the good luck to turn on the radio and catch the end of Richard Ellis interview by Leonard Lopate on his book Tuna: A Love Story (Borzoi Books-Knopf, July 2008). The author wet my appetite for more details on his book with...

Man crashes truck into Maple Ridge sushi restaurant

Two women are dead and several others injured after a bizarre incident at a sushi restaurant in Maple Ridge, B.C. A 51-year-old man reportedly crashed his truck into a strip mall restaurant on the Lougheed Highway at 203rd Street. There were 45 people in the establishment...

Sushi: Britain's new national dish

Sushi has entered the hearts of all classes of British life and is now even available at that working class bastian of summer holidays Butlins."It's enough to make you choke on your wasabi japonica. Butlins,...

Britain's sushi craving puts Japan's fish stocks under strain

The British love their sushi. They love it so much that their mass consumption of raw fish, especially convenient take-out 'supermarket sushi' may be straining worldwide fish stocks, and could result in the...

Big Eye Tuna Stocks Depleting Worldwide

Big eye tuna, a prime source for Japanese restaurants worldwide serving sushie and sashimi are on the verge of collapse from overfishing, a report said. A collapse would have a profound effect on fishing fleets as well as on processing and trading industries in Japan and...

SUSHI PREPARATION

Sushi bars seem to be popping up everywhere these days. There is a risk of sushi containing the larva of a parasite called “anisakis,” a roundworm. Violent pains set in about 12 hours after ingestion; however, some symptoms may not show up for at least a...

Tokyo 'top city for good eating'

"The home of haute cuisine just got taken down a peg with an authoritative judgement that Paris is not the world's top city for good eating. That distinction now goes to Tokyo, according to the bible for foodies...

Camembert & Sushi...No Cheesy Music...Paris-Tokyo

Our friends in Japan have long had a fascination for things French, in Food, Fashion, Movies and sometimes Music.  Say Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg for example.  All this to tell you that we are making a travel back in time that is 60's and 70's...

Bluefin Tuna Threatened By Sushi Craze

A system of corralling bluefin tuna into "tuna ranches" as well as a growing tuna fishing fleet has made fish stocks dangerously close to collapse according to scientists from ICCAT. A fisheries officer from the WWF has warned the whole ecology of the Mediterranean could be...

Waiter, There’s Deer in My Sushi

The effects of increased global wealth have now touched a place close to many people’s hearts…and stomachs. The worldwide demand for sushi and sashimi has caused a shortage in tuna supplies and forced sushi...

PREDICTING 2007 TRENDS IN FOOD

Ethiopian bread will be popular this year. Check out what else will be on our plates. 26 trend areas explored. ""It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future," goes an often-quoted saying. But that...

The Urban Buffet

The Urban Buffet is on the corner of Nelson and Homer. It looks a little creepy on the outside .. this huge old building glowing with neon lights and the glare off of deep fried this and that. The lady that welcomed us at the door seemed a little 'too' inviting if you get my...

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