Episode description
How does a fresh tuna get from Japan to Nebraska before it goes bad? And how does its journey show up in the price of your spicy tuna rolls? Zachary Crockett gets schooled.
- SOURCES:
- Sasha Issenberg, journalist and author.
- David Utterback, owner of Yoshitomo and Ota sushi restaurants.
- Nobu Yamanashi, president of Yama Seafood.
- RESOURCES:
- "Wild or Farmed? Pacific or Atlantic? Here’s What to Know About Bluefin Tuna," by Jean Trinh (Los Angeles Times, 2023).
- "The Untold Story of Sushi in America," by Daniel Fromson (The New York Times Magazine, 2021).
- "The Intricacies of Tuna Grading," (Luke's Lobster Blog, 2020).
- "Sushinomics: How Bluefin Tuna Became a Million-Dollar Fish," by Svati Kirsten Narula (The Atlantic, 2014).
- The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy, by Sasha Issenberg (2007).
- Yoshitomo.
- EXTRAS:
- "Is the Future of Farming in the Ocean?" by Freakonomics Radio (2021).