The author excoriates the importers, supermarket owners, and restaurateurs who foist mislabeled fish, adulterated olive oil, fake Kobe beef, false champagne, and a many others on foodies like myself and score of other people expecting the real thing.
Fake Foods, Part 1: Wasabi, the Expanded Post
True wasabi is very difficult to grow because it requires a clear, running stream.
Sighting of the Month: Spotted Towhee
Its nests are often targeted by brown-headed cowbirds, which lay their own eggs in them, thus parasitizing the towhees.
