Nowadays sushi is commonly known as raw fish on a piece of rice.But actually sushi means vinegared rice that is rolled with vegetables, fish or pickles, then wrapped in nori, and sliced into rounds (Norimaki). There are different sushi formats: Nigiri (hand-shaped), futo (thick), maki (rolled), temaki (hand-rolled), chirashi (scattered on top of the rice).
Lots of books are available. Make a search on
www.amazon.com for these titles:
Nobuko Tsuda:
SUSHI MADE EASY
Step-by-step guide of how to make sushi with some color photographs. List of sources for Japanese food.
Paperback, published by Weatherhill
Yasuko Kamimura, Kazuhiko Nagai:
SUSHI: MAKING AT HOME
Kinjiro Omae & Yuzuru Tachibana:
THE BOOK OF SUSHI
'This book is as carefully and intricately put together as fine sushi.' (New York Times)
Published by Kodansha International
**[This one is my favorite. Take a a look inside THE BOOK OF SUSHI, read the customer reviews as well as the editorial reviews.]
Heihachiro Tohyama & Yukiko Moriyama:
QUICK AND EASY SUSHI COOK BOOK
Mainly pictures which show in an excellent step-by-step way from preparing the fish to shape the sushi the art of making sushi.
Published by Joie, Inc. Japan
Masuo Yoshino:
SUSHI - THE DELICATE FLAVOR OF JAPAN
This book is a kind of guidebook to sushi, mainly hand-formed sushi. Lots of nice pictures as well as detailed list with nutrition facts and fold-out poster of sushi.
Published by Gakken Co.
Amazing photo gallery Sushi Filmed Lesson
Other links:
http://www.rain.org/~hutch/sushi.html http://www.hyperisland.se/studentzon...rtin_ragnevad/
Good luck with your Japanese adventure!
