The entire wasabi plant (the rhizome, root, stem, and leaves) can be utilized but the rhizome is used most frequently in cooking because this is where the plants natural flavors is most concentrated.

If you eat a lot of sushi and sashimi, you’re probably pretty familiar with wasabi. What is wasabi, though, other than that dollop of green paste on the side of your plate? This Japanese staple ...

Hatching a seed In addition to wasabi's unique cultivation, the problem for the would-be North American wasabi farmer has also been access - getting their hands on seeds or cuttings from which they ...

June 8, 2023 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google We may earn a commission from links on this page. The wasabi most of us get at sushi restaurants, or from the store ...

Angela Nelson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning digital editor and storyteller who covered a variety of general interest stories on MNN (now part of Treehugger) from 2014-2019. Wasabi and sushi go together ...

Wasabi: you know it well, or so you think. Chances are, however, you've never actually eaten real wasabi, or at least not very often. This is because most of the wasabi served outside of Japan is a ...

The methods for eating real wasabi differ significantly from those of the powdered kind, particularly if the plant is fresh. In its most traditional preparation, the root is stood on a grater made of ...

For nearly 30 years, Brian Oates has, in his words, "pig-headedly" devoted himself to a single pursuit: setting up the first commercial wasabi farm in North America. Dozens of others in the US and ...