Picture this. You're holding a knife over a fish that could kill thirty people if you make one wrong cut.Your hands are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fugu fish (aka pufferfish) is considered to be one of the world’s most dangerous foods – cue dramatic violins and cutaway shots to panicked faces. The fish is lethal due to the tetrodotoxin poison in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...