whale meat
Yet Another Reason to Not Eat Whale Meat
A 15-year review of whale and dolphin meat in Japan found the majority had high levels of mercury.
Norway Is Well-Aware That Its Food Is Too Expensive
Norway’s own Minister of Agriculture and Food has even declared that the nation’s food is “too expensive" after food prices have risen by more than 5 percent in just four months.
The Best Lamb Is Fermented by Sea Air
The Faroe Islands make Skerpikjøt by hanging sheep's leg in outdoor sheds. It’s one of the many unusual culinary techniques from an island that gets just four hours of daylight in the winter months.
Best Of 2014: Meet Your Meat
There's no easy way around it: Eating meat involves killing an animal. We looked at several sides of that potentially hazardous moral quandary this year—and every one of them had a face.
There's Nothing More Depressing than Eating Whale Meat in a Municipal Airport
You know what would make a meal at a sterile, joyless municipal airport even more depressing? Eating the flesh of a sentient, endangered animal that was probably slaughtered by a profit-hungry poacher.
Eating on the Edge of the World Is Expensive
In the remote reaches of northern Canada, the high prices of flown-in food have left many Inuit communities struggling to put enough food on the table. The solution might mean a return to tradition.
Eating Toadstools and Buried Lamb Near the Arctic Circle
I flew to the wee Norwegian town of Mosjøen for the Arctic Food Festival, where a group of local and foreign chefs gathered together to bury lambs' legs, eat fly agaric mushrooms, and exchange food knowledge.
Whale Meat Is a Tough Sell in Norway
Norway is one of only three countries that still hunt whales commercially. Many Norwegians see it as a relic of earlier times—when it was frozen and served as a sort of mystery meat—but some young chefs are incorporating it into their menus.
Iceland, I Love You—But Your Grocery Stores Are Weird
I came to Iceland expecting animals heads, and I found animals heads. But is that prune-flavored milk I see sitting on the shelf? And why is all of the candy overwhelmingly infused with licorice? Well, at least your skyr is delicious.
Japan Was Ordered to Stop Hunting Whales, But No One Is Eating Them Anyway
Whale meat has been literally piling up and a 2012 poll found that most Japanese hadn’t bought a single whale fillet in the previous year.