Fun And Fancy Sushi

Sushi has entered the mainstream—it’s now available at upscale Japanese restaurants, fast food counters, delis, even supermarkets. The more people enjoy sushi when they dine out, the more they want to learn to make it themselves and serve it at home. With easy-to-follow instructions and full-color photos, FUN & FANCY SUSHI, EXPANDED EDITION, is the perfect introduction for beginners and a source of innovative ideas for more experienced sushi chefs. The book consists primarily of one of JPT’s most popular titles, FUN & FANCY SUSHI, with the addition of a section on nigiri-zushi ("squeezed" sushi) from another classic, SUSHI FOR PARTIES.

AN EASY-TO-FOLLOW GUIDE TO MASTERING A GROWING CULINARY TREND Traditional rice balls become delicious treats when jazzed up with tasty ingredients as salted salmon, grilled eel, fried shrimp, and smoked chicken Easy-to-follow instructions and color photos show how to bake, steam, deep fry and stew rice into a wide range of new additions to your menus. Preparation techniques are detailed with step-by-step color photos, making the recipes a snap. Comprehensive in scope, the recipes-both old and new-come from all regions of Japan. Fun and Fancy Sushi also shows how to combine traditional Sushi rice rolls with a variety of flavorful and colorful ingredient. Delightful designs are cut out of the finished rolled rice to create flowers, a panda bear, and other clever designs. Methods of cooking sushi rice and instructions for rolling are illustrated throughout with detailed step-by-step color photos. Fun & Fancy Sushi is an easy guide for beginners and a source of innovative ideas for advanced cooks. And the delightful results are perfect for entertaining.

The Complete Book of Sushi is the definitive collection of traditional, contemporary and innovative recipes for lovers of this Japanese cuisine. Fresh and delicious, sushi is one of the healthiest foods you can eat, being low in fat and high in essential vitamins and minerals. Aesthetically pleasing, sushi is also surprisingly simple to make. This practical book will show you how to create beautiful and elegant sushi dishes with ease. The Complete Book of Sushi features a wide variety of recipes for: * Sushi rolls * Nigiri-zushi * Molded sushi * Hand-rolled sushi * Vegetarian sushi * Chirashi-zushi * Wrapped sushi * Shushi rice in fired-tofu bags * Sushi in a bowl * New sushi * Drinks, sauces and side dishes

This easy to follow, highly illustrated cookbook for making fancy sushi rolls for parties and special occasions includes such designs as cats, dogs, cars, and flowers. Recipes and instructions are ideal for beginners and fun for kids' parties or even bridal showers.

In this beautifully illustrated book, you will find everything you need to know about sushi, from how to choose and order it, to how to eat it. You will even learn how to make it at home. And if your efforts in the kitchen inspire you, how to become a sushi chef. Along with the history, evolution, and art of sushi, sections include nutritional value, health benefits, and safety concerns. The pronunciation guide, together with a thirty-nine-page sushi glossary and a reverse dictionary, are especially helpful in identifying and ordering sushi. Taken in leading sushi restaurants, full color photographs enhance your journey into the world of sushi. You will also discover the answer to such fascinating questions as whether or not sushi originated in Japan, the ideal temperature for serving sake, and how sushi knives are made. Whether you're a sushi virgin or a sushi veteran, by the time you finish reading The Sushi Book, you will be a sushi connoisseur!

Everything you never knew about sushi—its surprising origins, the colorful lives of its chefs, and the bizarre behavior of the creatures that compose it Trevor Corson takes us behind the scenes at America's first sushi-chef training academy, as eager novices strive to master the elusive art of cooking without cooking. He delves into the biology and natural history of the edible creatures of the sea, and tells the fascinating story of an Indo-Chinese meal reinvented in nineteenth-century Tokyo as a cheap fast food. He reveals the pioneers who brought sushi to the United States and explores how this unlikely meal is exploding into the American heartland just as the long-term future of sushi may be unraveling. The Story of Sushi is at once a compelling tale of human determination and a delectable smorgasbord of surprising food science, intrepid reporting, and provocative cultural history.