The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s clinical description of tetrodotoxin is as follows: “The consumption of toxic amounts of tetrodotoxin results primarily in neurologic and ...

If you’ve never heard about the dangers of eating pufferfish, they’re more than just urban legend. Although routinely served at restaurants across Japan, their poison is so potent that chefs have to ...

Normally, when something is toxic, you're encouraged not to eat it. However, when prepared properly, this fish is actually a ...

Delicately sliced and arranged like a crane for this sashimi platter, fugu is pretty as a picture. For some diners, the risk and the myth around fugu-eating is precisely its charm. Photos Provided to ...

TOKYO >> The last course of my fugu meal in Japan was a flaming cup of sake with fugu fins. If you’re going to eat something that could kill you, you might as well get a little drunk. Fugu, also known ...

This video explores Osaka’s street food culture with a focus on fugu sashimi and local noodle dishes. Fugu is prepared by licensed chefs trained to remove toxic parts with strict precision. The ...

Have you ever heard of fugu, the notorious Japanese pufferfish? Containing a potent neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin in its organs, fugu is one of the world’s most dangerous delicacies. In Japan, only ...

Every December, puffer fish get even, well, puffier, as they pack on fat to survive the chilly winter. And that’s when we snatch them up and eat them. In Japan, blowfish, puffer fish and globefish are ...

The poisonous puffer fish, which inflates itself into a small balloon when caught, lives in most of the world’s oceans. But only in Japan, where it is called fugu, has it become a national tradition.