Think about walking into a restaurant and ordering a meal where just one microscopic mistake in preparation could put you six ...

Picture yourself wielding a knife over one of nature's most lethal creatures. One slip, one miscalculation, and you've just ...

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 ...

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 ...

A potentially deadly mistake has left officials in a Japanese city urging residents to avoid eating blowfish. Officials of Gamagori, in the Aichi Prefecture along the coastline of central Japan, ...

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 ...

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 ...

While on assignment for the Tribune I’ve gotten to eat meals most people can’t (or won’t) ever get to experience. Some have been titillating–sushi served atop a naked model. Others have been ...

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 ...

Officials in the central Japanese city of Gamagori are warning residents not to eat blowfish purchased from a local supermarket after potentially deadly parts of the fish were inadvertently sold. The ...

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 ...