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Latest Greatest Sushi Book
  Sushi for Dummies, John Wiley, 2004, is a great sushi primer for those who want to Learn to make perfect sushi rice and the 10 most popular types of sushi today, including hand rolls, finger sushi, and sliced sushi rolls. And the recipes work beautifully! Sushi bar favorites like California Rolls, Rainbow Rolls, Spicy Tuna Hand Rolls - they're all here. Plus great information on what - and how - to order the very best sushi in sushi bars.
Mineko Takane Moreno, born and raised in Tokyo, received her degree in French literature. Her love of food has inspired a lifelong education in many cuisines, including Japanese, Chinese, French, and Italian. Moving to San Diego in 1973, she began teaching Japanese cuisine, with a specialty in sushi. She currently teaches dozens of sushi classes a year at seven culinary schools, including Macy’s, Williams-Sonoma, and Sur la Table.
Judi Strada has a bachelor’s degree in Russian studies, which led her to study other cultures through their foods. She was the food consultant and spokesperson for The Sheraton World Cookbook and The Culinary Festival Cookbook and coauthor of The Best of San Diego.
Stuffed with tips and tricks – you’ll roll, press, and mold sushi like a pro!
From rolling sushi properly to presenting it with pizzazz, this book has everything you need to know to impress your friends with homemade maki-sushi (rolls) and nigiri-sushi (individual pieces). You’ll find over 55 recipes from Tuna Sushi Rice Balls to Rainbow Rolls, plus handy techniques to demystify the art of sushi making – and make it fun!
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Nobu: The Cookbook, by Nobuyuki Matsuhisa.
 Nobu Matsuhisa should need little introduction. With his multinational and ever expanding empire of twelve restaurants in the United States, United Kingdom, Italy and Japan he has become the most talked-about restaurateur of recent years and arguably the world's greatest sushi chef. This is the man, after all, who has lured legions of celebrities — regulars include Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, Barbara Streisand, Giorgio Armani, Nicole Kidman, Demi Moore, Madonna... the list goes on — with his unique and original combination of the finest skills and ingredients of Japanese cuisine with an imaginative acceptance of Western, particularly South American, cooking.
Nobu: The Cookbook, however, is not just about food and cooking, it also introduces the story of Nobu's rich and varied life. It is the story of a boy from the country who became one of the most renowned chefs of his generation after working in Peru and Argentina and seeing his first restaurant in Alaska go up in flames before his eyes. It is the story of a Japanese man who was befriended by America's rich and famous and went into the restaurant business with De Niro in New York, and more recently, Giorgio Armani in Milan. His friends also appear in the book. There is a foreword by De Niro, an introduction by Martha Stewart and an afterword by Ken Takakura, the internationally renowned Japanese actor.
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Encyclopedia of Sushi Rolls – by Ken Kawasumi, Laura Driussi (Translator)
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 Anyone who believes there's nothing new in the world of cooking hasn't seen Ken Kawasumi's Encyclopedia of Sushi Rolls. Because sushi appears fresh now even in American grocery stores, basic sushi preparation hardly surprises anyone.
But Kawasumi takes classic Japanese rolls of vinegared rice, vegetables, and seafood into another plane by using special techniques to form all kinds of cunning little flowers, animals, and abstract designs.
By staining the rice with different hues, he creates a Technicolor palette for the sushi-loving palate.
Most astonishing are Kawasumi's sushi rolls that duplicate all twenty-six letters of the English alphabet.
These sushi rolls rival the most elaborate cake decorations in their wondrous marriage of food and art.
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List Price: $36.00
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Hardcover: 192 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.79 x 10.41 x 8.58
Publisher: Japan Publications Trading Company; (February 2002) |
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| Sushi: The Essential Kitchen Series by Ryuichi Yoshii |
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 A stylish book that includes information on the history and health benefits of sushi, as well as tips on how to make perfect sushi rice, select the freshest fish, and decorate the sushi plate with beautiful vegetable garnishes. 60 color photos.
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| Sashimi: The Essential Kitchen Series by Hideo Dekura |
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 This book explains everything from the health benefits of sashimi to how to select the right fish and how to decorate the sashimi plate with vegetable garnishes. Using step-by-step instructions, Sashimi allows the reader to make sashimi at home and serve it with elegance and authenticity.
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| The Book of Sushi by Hinjiro Omae, Kinjiro Omae, Yuzuru Tachibana |
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 The centerpiece of this book is Edomae-zushi, the delicate, natural, fresh variety first made in Tokyo in the early nineteenth century and now popular throughout the world. Here, too, are the utensils and techniques, fully illustrated, of sushi making and an assessment of the nutritional value of this marvelous, low-calorie source of vitamins and protein.
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| Sushi: Making at Home by Yasuko Kamimura, Kazuhiko Nagaia |
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 Filled with step-by-step directions, you'll find recipes for chirashi-zushi (a bowl of rice with ingredients scattered over the top), maki-zushi (rolled sushi), inari-zushi (sushi rice in fried tofu bags) and oshi-zushi (pressed sushi).
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| The Sushi Cookbook: A Step-By-Step Guide by Katsuji Yamamoto, Roger Hicks |
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 A very easy to follow book with beautiful step-by-step color photos. Includes sections on how to buy and prepare sushi, including essential kitchen equipment and ingredients. Overall, a great sushi starter book.
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| Sushi for Parties: Maki-Zushi and Nigiri-Zushi by Ken Kowasumi, Ken Kawasumi |
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 Aside from a few fancy "party-like" sushi styles that it describes, this book is really a nuts-and-bolts guide to sushi making. In fact it appears to be a companion book to "Sushi Making at Home." A combination of the two books would provide an excellent reference for standard sushi making.
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| Easy Sushi by Emil Kazuko, Peter Cassidy (Photographer) |
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 In Easy Sushi Japanese food writer Emi Kazuko shows you how to cook the rice perfectly and how to make simple rolled sushi using classic ingredients such as cucumber, tuna, or salmon. Emi's philosophy is that creating sushi should be fun and there is even a section on sushi for children. Easy Sushi will amaze you.
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