What would you think if someone sent you a gift promoting a sushi pocket guide that was supposed to, among other things, help protect you from the perceived evils of things like mercury... but the gift itself featured a warning label that said it contained a chemical that might "cause cancer or birth defects?"
Here come the guides-- the Blue Ocean Institute, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Monterey Bay Aquarium have all launched sustainable sushi guides that not only conflict with red and green lists from other environmental lobbying groups but offer health advice too.
If they're talking about health advice for the oceans perhaps they've got a horse in this race but when it comes to human health I'll stick to doctors and dietitians.
It wasn't that long ago that NFI went head-to-head with the New York Times over its misuse of science and distortion of data in reporting about seafood.
Before she was admonished by the New York Times public editor for the failures of her now discredited story about mercury in sushi tuna, Marion Burros was sleuthing around Gotham spiriting fish samples off to the lab for toxicology tests.
I am not a history buff. In fact, my history knowledge is borderline embarrassing. But I think I have just found a piece of the past I could sink my teeth into - the history of sushi. Author Trevor Corson, an academic/lobster fisherman, explores this topic in his book The Zen of Sushi. And discovers that, "the sushi that we know today almost never came into existence at all, and it's just a series of historical accidents that it did." Yikes! For all the fascinating details, listen to the author discuss his book here.
I have mentioned before that the stresses of wedding
planning are all worth it to me for the fabulously fun opportunity to pick the
food. Today I am excited to report that
our caterer has officially been selected and the menu is shaping up
nicely. Here is a sneak preview of the
seafood selections…
-sushi bar
-dim sum including pan-fried swordfish dumplings
It has been a loooong week, so I'm happy to report just a few simple words...
Going out for sushi tonight!
I'll let you know how it goes.
