The following day I have a calabash gourd and begin the process of cutting it open using a stone while sitting on the top of the ruins of a Mayan temple near the town of Ixil in Yucatan ...

His first stop? The supermarket. A large, green calabash gourd caught his eye, and inspiration struck. Why not use it as a cooking pot? As a scout, he had cooked in green papayas, coconuts and bamboo.

Sushi Ai’s signature dish is braised Hokkaido ankimo (monkfish liver) with kanpyo (calabash gourd) and ikura (salmon ... Wu said he chose to open Sushi Ai in Redwood City because of its central ...