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KEEN AS MUSTARD

A cool-climate edible native to Japan, deliciously hot wasabi grows naturally in mountain streams in the country’s highlands.

Its fresh stem — not the root or rhizome as it’s often mistakenly described — is ground to make traditional wasabi paste, served as a pungent condiment with

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