A new video takes viewers to a wasabi farm in Japan, and explains what goes into producing the real stuff and why it's so expensive. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture ...

That green blob served alongside your California roll? That probably isn’t real wasabi. Ninety percent of the wasabi you buy in a restaurant or in the grocery store is actually horseradish that’s been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of the time, the wasabi you get in a restaurant or buy in a store is fake. It's actually horseradish that's colored green.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Masahiro Hoshina, a Japanese farmer, starts worrying about typhoon season months before it begins, haunted by memories of the heavy rains and landslides that washed away wasabi farms ...

If you like sushi, you've probably had wasabi. But do you know if it was real, freshly grated wasabi? The green “wasabi” paste served in most restaurants — the kind that comes in a tube or as a powder ...

If you knew sushi like I know sushi, you'd smell a raw deal. The fiery green condiment that complements fish and clears your sinuses isn't real wasabi. Most of the wasabi served in this country is ...

When you think of wasabi, you might think of that hot green paste people serve up with sushi. Some restaurants put a bit of wasabi on your plate, but it’s usually not real wasabi. It’s actually a ...

Jon Old’s family farm has been producing watercress in Dorset and Hampshire since the 1850s, but it was a chance observation from a visiting chef—that the growing beds for the notoriously fussy plant ...

Have you ever eaten wasabi? If you answered “yes” to that question, you are likely mistaken. Most sushi eaters—even in Japan—are actually being served a mixture of ground horseradish and green food ...