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Popping a bite of sea urchin into my mouth I look to the chalkboard at the far end of the sushi bar that lists the daily specials: young yellowtail tuna, mozuku seaweed, minke whale. The words for whale hang there in much the same way that a pig head stares back at you from the window of a Chinatown butcher shop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Eat a Whale | 12/26/2007 | See Source »

...spell appoggiatura, the 2005 Scripps National Spelling Bee’s winning word? Rocksheng Zhong ’08: “A-P-O-G-I-T-O-R-A.” 4. Which of the following is most closely related to a whale? 1) manatee; 2) mouse; 3) pig; 4) kangaroo? Maureen E. Boyle ’08: “I’m going to guess the obvious one, although I’m sure this is a trick question. So, I’ll just guess manatee.” 5. How much wood...

Author: By Emma R. Coleman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: P.B.K. IQ | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...eating whale different from eating pigs or cows?' KEIJI FUJINO, a whale-meat butcher in the Japanese port of Shimonoseki, where Japan's largest whaling expedition in decades set sail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/22/2007 | See Source »

...eating whale different from eating pigs or cows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

KEIJI FUJINO, a whale-meat butcher in the Japanese port of Shimonoseki, where Japan's largest whaling expedition in decades set sail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

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