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Sushi: The Beginner's Guide
This easy-to-follow, beginner's sushi cookbook is the perfect how-to for making sushi at home in the comfort of your own kitchen.
Never before have the techniques of this most popular Asian cuisine been as attractively presented, as easy to follow, and as temptingly photographed as they are in this beginner's guide. With the help of an unbelievable number of close-up photos, expert Aya Imatani virtually takes would-be chefs by the hand, leading them through every delectable step of the process. She discusses all the tools, foods, and paraphernalia; lays out the methods for making vinegars and sauces; and demonstrates how to make sashimi creations so special they aren't even found in many sushi bars. The menu of sushi recipes is expansive, encompassing hosomaki, saimaki, and all-vegetarian varieties. You will even learn all the right Japanese names for each dish. And everything seems wonderfully doable.
The big finish: Aya's specials, the kind of dishes you'll never find in sushi bars--such as Sushi Cake (Chicken &Teriyaki) and Temarizushi (made of tuna, salmon, and avocado)--but that a Japanese mother or grandmother would make for her own family.
Never before have the techniques of this most popular Asian cuisine been as attractively presented, as easy to follow, and as temptingly photographed as they are in this beginner's guide. With the help of an unbelievable number of close-up photos, expert Aya Imatani virtually takes would-be chefs by the hand, leading them through every delectable step of the process. She discusses all the tools, foods, and paraphernalia; lays out the methods for making vinegars and sauces; and demonstrates how to make sashimi creations so special they aren't even found in many sushi bars. The menu of sushi recipes is expansive, encompassing hosomaki, saimaki, and all-vegetarian varieties. You will even learn all the right Japanese names for each dish. And everything seems wonderfully doable.
The big finish: Aya's specials, the kind of dishes you'll never find in sushi bars--such as Sushi Cake (Chicken &Teriyaki) and Temarizushi (made of tuna, salmon, and avocado)--but that a Japanese mother or grandmother would make for her own family.
128 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 2009
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April 18, 2020
Only a couple of recipes for each technique, but the technique is what's being taught. Everything is explained so clearly that it'll be super easy to exchange the ingredients for whatever you want to use.
My only disappointment is that inari is shown in the ingredients/equipment list but there're no instructions for making inari sushi. I've got a recipe I can use in a different cookbook, but it's the only recipe I like in that cookbook and I was really hoping there would be one in this book as well so I could donate the other one and clear up a slot on the kitchen bookshelf for Imatani's book.
Aw well. Anyway, I'm on two weeks vacation (I know the timing is weird but I promise it's vacation time I put in for a year ago, not a quarantine) and bought this book specifically so I could try to learn how to make sushi at home. I'll update once I've tried out the instructions in real time.
My only disappointment is that inari is shown in the ingredients/equipment list but there're no instructions for making inari sushi. I've got a recipe I can use in a different cookbook, but it's the only recipe I like in that cookbook and I was really hoping there would be one in this book as well so I could donate the other one and clear up a slot on the kitchen bookshelf for Imatani's book.
Aw well. Anyway, I'm on two weeks vacation (I know the timing is weird but I promise it's vacation time I put in for a year ago, not a quarantine) and bought this book specifically so I could try to learn how to make sushi at home. I'll update once I've tried out the instructions in real time.
December 31, 2017
Got it as a gift for a friend but quickly read it. I enjoyed it and I know that she did as well!
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