Japan UN Saving Species

2010-03-11T07:17:20Z

A chef slices a fillet of high-grade fatty Atlantic bluefin tuna, or "o-toro." to make sushi at a Sushi-Zanmai sushi restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. A U.N. body best known for protecting tigers and elephants will focus on the world's overfished oceans beginning this week with proposals to regulate the shark trade and ban the export of...

Sushi chef, restaurant charged with serving endangered whale

2010-03-11T11:15:44Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California sushi chef and the restaurant in which he worked have been charged with illegally serving meat from an endangered Sei whale, the Justice Department said on Thursday.</p><p>Kiyoshiro Europe joined the United States on Wednesday in arguing for a ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna.</p><p>The 27 European Union nations agreed, despite opposition from Mediterranean island Malta

US seeks Atlantic bluefin tuna ban in challenge to Japan

2010-03-03T15:17:13Z

<div><p>The United States called Wednesday for a ban on the international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna to save the species from extinction, challenging Japan ahead of a major global meeting.</p><p>With demand for sushi and sashimi driving the world's tuna stocks to dangerously low levels, the United States said it would ask a meeting in Japan opposes plans to list the Atlantic bluefin tuna, which is highly prized in sushi and sashimi, as a most-endangered species and to ban its international trade, an official said on Monday.</p><p>The UN-backed wildlife trade agency supports a call to stop cross-border trade in the fish when 175 member nations to the Convention on International Trade in Endanger...

Sushi Sets For Dining And Preparing Sushi

2010-02-22T12:56:56Z

There are two types of sushi sets ? the ones used for dining and the ones used for preparing sushi. These two types vary on the type of knife and chopsticks included.<br><br>Sushi sets that are for dining usually comprise of two bowls, two pairs of chopsticks and two bowls. These dishes are basically square shaped with rounded edges. They are also raised along the edges for sauces and liquids. Most are ceramic but there are also wooden and plastic varieties.&lt...

Japan Tuna Ban

2010-01-15T11:45:56Z

A sushi chef works in the counter as people wait in line outside the sushi restaurant at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. A proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna _ prized for its succulent slices of red and pink meat _ could slash supplies and drive up prices. In fish-loving Japan, after years of international pressure to stop whaling, some feel their very way of life is ...

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2010-01-07T17:46:15Z

Miley Cyrus and rumoured boyfriend, Liam Hemsworth leave Coffee Bean in Toluca and heads for a sushi lunch in West Hollywood Los Angeles...

Sushi set to go sky high with Japanese astronaut

2010-02-23T13:44:10Z

<div><p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sushi will soar to new gastronomic heights next week when a Japanese astronaut blasts off for the International Space Station with a load of raw fish.</p><p>Japanese astronaut Ruth Chris to Morton?s Steakhouse, to the best restaurants in NYC such as Del...

World Famous Restaurant – Nobu

2010-02-24T00:51:56Z

Author: Amarendra

Nobu is one of the most famous Japanese cuisine restaurants and has twenty-four branches all over the world. The highlight of this restaurant chain is its food. Behind all the successful Nobu restaurants running all over the world, there is one name that always played an important role, Nobu Matsuhia- the main owner and chef of Nobu restaurant.

Tokyo crowned world's top Michelin three-star city

2010-02-24T03:55:14Z

<div><p>Tokyo has overtaken Paris as the city with the most Michelin three-star restaurants, cementing its status as the "world capital of gastronomy", the publisher of the culinary guide has announced.</p><p>The latest edition of the Michelin guide to the Japanese capital ...

Japanese chef scoops top award in London

2010-02-24T05:15:19Z

<div><p>Tomoyuki Abe of Japanese restaurant chain Sushizen was named best chef at a sushi awards ceremony in London late Saturday.</p><p>The Eat-Japan Sushi Awards 2009 featured seven of the world's best sushi chefs preparing their favourite dishes. Invited guests then tasted the foods before picking the winner through a ballot.</p><p&...

UC Berkeley students roll a giant serpent of sushi

2010-02-24T08:03:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Ninjas and seaweed and fish, 'Oh my!' Calif. students assemble record sushi roll</div><div><p>It was the roll of a lifetime.</p><p>Hundreds of amateur sushi chefs at the University of California, Berkeley got their hands fishy Sunday as they assem...

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2009-11-06T09:47:43Z

Victoria and David Beckham leave Matsuhisa restaurant in Hollywood after a 3 hour long sushi meal together Los Angeles, California - 05.11.09

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beckhams

2009-11-06T09:47:39Z

Victoria and David Beckham leave Matsuhisa restaurant in Hollywood after a 3 hour long sushi meal together Los Angeles, California - 05.11.09

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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Tokyo

2010-02-24T12:25:28Z

<div><p>TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Bustling and beguiling -- Tokyo is one of the world's biggest, and most influential, cities and a place where old and new sit easily side by side.</p><p>Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors to the Japanese capital get the most out of a short stay.</p><p>F...

World Chefs: Guy Rubino gets lost and found in translation

2010-02-24T22:23:20Z

<div><p>TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - How did Canadian celebrity chef Guy Rubino reinvent himself in the middle of a recession?</p><p>With three restaurants and an international television series behind him, Rubino has joined the ranks of high-end chefs doing more approachable food b...

Noodle Industry Exhibition 2009

2009-09-16T14:12:00Z

Sep 16, 2009 - Tokyo, Japan - The Noodle Industry Exhibition 2009 is held at the Big Sight hall in Tokyo. The exhibition includes the latest articles, products and information about noodles, as well as noodle shops, and restaurants. PICTURED - Cooks making ramen. It takes about 5 minutes to make one cup of ramen noodles....

Interesting Facts About Sushi Rice

2010-02-25T14:55:12Z

Sushi or ?vinegared rice? is a favorite delicacy not only in Japan but in many other countries too. It is interesting to know the different types of sushi<br><br>For the Japanese, sushi implies vinegared rice typically topped with meats, fish and vegetables. Outside Japan, sushi is more often mistaken as ?raw fish? or ?raw seafood.?<br><br>In Japan, they call sliced raw fish, sashimi. It is diffe...

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