The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy T. R. Hummer Several pages are highlighted

Several pages are highlighted

Santoka spent much of his adult life living in humble cottages or wandering the land as a mendicant Zen priest

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and Amy—as they transition from childhood to womanhood during the American Civil War

The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy T. R. Hummer Several pages are highlightedOne generation ago, sushi's narrow reach ensured that sports fishermen who caught tuna in most of the world sold the meat for pennies as cat food. Today, the fatty cuts of tuna known as toro are among the planet's most coveted luxury foods, worth hundreds of dollars a pound and capable of losing value more quickly than any other product on earth. So how has one of the world's most popular foods gone from being practically unknown in the United States