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Chef reflected in the mirror at his restaurant.

Tokyo’s mom-and-pop sushi bars struggle to survive

Food

Eiraku is the last surviving sushi bar in a cluttered neighborhood in an obscure area of Tokyo. Caught between the rarified world of $300 dinners and the brutal efficiency of chain-restaurants, mom-and-pop shops like Eiraku are fast disappearing.

Chef Susumu Yajima carefully forms a delicious roll of sushi

Love sushi? Then these are 10 commandments to live by.

Food
Fish and seafood are displayed for sale at a grocery store in Moscow. Embargoes mean that Russia's usual sources of fish have been replaced by food from other areas, and Russians aren't happy with the new options.

Putin’s quarrel with Ukraine squeezes Russia’s sushi habit

Food
Nico Vidal, manager at the new Las Vegas Max's, a well-known Philippine chain that's opening new locations in the US and Canada. Vidal is holding a plate of Pinatuyong Pork Adobo.

Why is it so hard to find a good Filipino restaurant?

Arts, Culture & Media
Chef Antonio Park, owner and head chef at Park Restaurant in Montreal

In Canada, a multicultural chef puts his complex history on every plate

Arts, Culture & Media

Japanese Sushi Restaurant in NYC Bans Tipping

Arts, Culture & Media

A popular Japanese sushi restaurant in New York is raising eyebrows with its policy forbidding tips. Sure enough, Merry White, professor of Japanese history and culture at Boston University says tips are nowhere to be found in contemporary Japan.

Sushi chef tries to get people to open up to more sustainable ingredients

Environment

Many of the ingredients that people associate with sushi can’t be fashioned into food in a sustainable way. And as sushi becomes more popular, that’s becoming a big problem. But one sushi chef is trying to change that by introducing new ingredients in his sushi.

Bidding for Tuna at the Biggest Fish Market in the World

Arts, Culture & Media

Today’s Geo Quiz takes us to a famous fish market in central Tokyo

The Tale Of A Big Fish

Business, Economics and Jobs

A Japanese businessman this weekend, paid $1.7 million dollars for a bluefish tuna, setting a new world record. Marco Werman talks to Paul Greenberg, a James Beard award winning author, “Why Four Fish- The Last Final Food.”

The World

Can the Bluefin Bounce Back?

After decades of overfishing and a disastrous oil spill in its spawning grounds, there are now signs of hope for the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna.