A bowl of wasabi paste next to a set of chopsticks - Liudmila Chernetska/Getty Images Are you one of those daring people who absolutely love the taste of spicy wasabi (Eutrema japonicum) with your ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

One of the toughest plants in the world to grow is one that you may have think you've eaten—but probably haven't. That plant is wasabi, and the BBC reports on one man's quest to do what so many others ...

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.

You know that little green dollop of heat sitting next to your California roll? There's a good chance it's never been anywhere near an actual wasabi plant. It's wild to think about, honestly. The ...

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On a trip to Japan, I met with wasabi grower David Hulme and tried fresh wasabi for the first time. We toured his wasabi patches, where I learned fresh wasabi doesn't have the vibrant hue I'm used to.

Climate and demographic threats are chipping away at a centuries-old culture surrounding the cultivation of the fluorescent green plant. Mountainside terraces of wasabi plants in Shizuoka, ...

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 ...

Are you one of those daring people who absolutely love the taste of spicy wasabi (Eutrema japonicum) with your salmon rolls, and you also have a green thumb when it comes to growing things at home?