The other night, I treated myself to dinner from my favorite sushi spot (my go-to order: spicy tuna roll, salmon-cucumber roll and miso soup). While I was eating, I found myself wondering—and not for ...

While I was eating, I found myself wondering—and not for the first time—about that piece of plastic grass that’s always on the tray with my sushi. Why is it there? Am I supposed to do ...

You may hear that green sliver of plastic called bento grass, sushi grass, or baran, after one of the leaves that are commonly used. Read more: A Guide To Buying Salmon At The Grocery Store Edomae ...

and they would be disgusted to think that sushi might be contaminated with plastic particles,” I thought. “But I need to tell them that we human beings are indirectly contaminating the fish ...