The Secret of Kobe Beef

Noble Bovines, Protest Apparel, and Surprisingly Healthy Deliciousness

A Japanese kaiseki meal, including Kobe beef slices (Photo by Nishimuraya Honkan, CC BY 2.0)

Story by Laurie McAndish King

I’ve sampled unusual foods all around the world: blood pudding, haggis, kangaroo, crocodile, even horse meat. And while I am not generally a meat eater, though that list of sampled foods suggests otherwise, I had heard that Kobe…