Customer Reviews

Sushi

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This is a great book for a sushi beginner, such as myself. It simply provides you with all of the essential information to begin making sushi at home. The book doesn't go into a lot of depth on each subject, rather providing the reader with a solid foundation to begin exploring the world of sushi. The book covers: Sushi ingredients, history, etiquette, terminology, decoration, some basic fish filleting, a little sashimi, some soups and most importantly the sushi! It guides you though the basic types of sushi with large, step-by-step photographic instructions on how to form it. And each type of sushi has many variations to try out. You'll be pulling off inside-out California rolls in no time! Another plus is the design. This is one good looking book. Nice, full-page photographs help to reinforce the importance of aesthetics in sushi preparation and the cover is suitable for any coffee table. Pair it up with a sister book such as 'Sashimi' - by Hideo Dekura, or any of the other 'Essential Kitchen Series' books (same beautiful design) and you'll have a very attractive cookbook selection. Search for 'Essential Kitchen Series' to see what I mean. I was impressed, anyway. Great book, get it now!

This is an excellent beginner book on sushi. And if you are a visual person, the photography and design of the book are first rate. I would recommend it highly as a "coffee table" book and as a place to start learning to make sushi.

It starts with a useful dictionary like selection with photos that identifies many basic tools and ingredients. Then gives tips on selecting fish. Something I really appreciated was just one standard way of preparing a whole fish. Most other books duplicate fish preparation for the endless nigiri types, but are grossly incomplete for beginner. Besides, I'll suggest that the average person isn't even going to find these "exotic" fish at a local market. Many types of fish have extremely limited availability and can be expensive. Most will likely buy portions of raw fish that is (probably frozen and) preprepared from an Asian market. Fortunately though, once you get the basic tools and ingredients from an Asian market, many basic types of sushi in this book can be made from seafood or vegetables that can be found at any Grocery Store.

This book has ample photographs for each step in preparation of various "rolled" (maki) sushi including reverse rolls, and also for nigiri preparation. Another noted standout in this book are the exposure to ideas for making sushi out of vegetables, a special plus for those with limited taste for raw fish. This book describes tamago, inari, chirashi, gunkan sushi as well as ideas for garnishes and also has a few basic soup recipes.

Sushi is not difficult to make, but it does take practice to get the hang of it. If you really are into it, no book of this type is going to tell you everything. However, each will give new ideas if the "art" of sushi preparation interests you. To really learn to make a full meal that looks attractive and tasty, you will eventually want some 3" thick book on Japanese Cooking, though after you are comfortable with the basics. I can't recommend a better place to start than here.

Excellent book for beginners who want to know more about making Sushi. Nicely laid out with step-by-step instructions and lots of beautiful photos to complement the text. Easy to read and follow - I read it in a couple hours. May be too "simple" for those who've already made sushi.

This was a good cookbook that covered the basics of making sushi. Things like equipment & utensils to use, ingredients explanations, how to fillet fish, cleaning squid, etc. There were a few creative ideas but for a creative sushi display but not for unique sushi rolls. Buying this book used and adding to your collection would be worth spending the money.

It's a great book, very good picture and easy instruction
It's a great buy.

This is a beautifully illustrated book. It provides step by step visual instructions. Very good for the begginer. Have fun!

I knew that good ole Amazon will come to my rescue with reasonable prices for a fabulous book. The hardcover book of 111 pages is chock a block full of colour illustrations (something that I am happy to see extending into many of today's newly published cookbooks) that allow the reader not only to learn how to make sushi but also see the presentation UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. Although this book is not an encyclopedia of the sushi fare it is what the title suggests the essential sushi. It was really great to see that chef Yoshii describes making the classic Tuna rolls using Japanses techique of putting a pich of wasabi in the roll rather than an Americanized version that contains no wasabi. I mean I can't believe some of the new yuppie sushi restaurants cropping up and dumbing down a fabulous Japanese dish! This is a must have book for your kitchen and willsave you a tuna roll of money if you have a sushi dinner party at homein the classic Japanese style ....

Great book - Informative and the pictures are fantastic. Gave me new idea's to try. Worth the price.

(should be 4 and 1/2 stars) As someone who is already familiar with the basics of preparing sushi at home, I found this book to be an absolute delight! A small section is devoted to tools, ingredients, rice, selecting and preparing fish, many recipes for sushi and sashimi, and even soup! I was hoping that green tea, sake and edamame would be discussed, but nonetheless this book is not a disappointment. The author, a Sydney sushi chef, explains that a sushi apprentice learns to be a chef by carefully watching his master work, and then repeatedly experimenting himself. A sushi apprenticeship in Japan lasts seven years. Knowing this, it makes sense that one cannot expect to find in any one book everything you need to know to duplicate the sushi at your favorite bar. With this book, however, you can create delicious sushi your own way at home. I recommend it to people at all levels of home sushi preparation, or even sushi connoiseurs who do not prepare it themselves at home, as it also makes a great coffee table book. Vegetarians will be happy with this book as well, there are many wonderful vegetable nigiri-zushi and maki-zushi recipes in this book, and instructions on how to make vegetarian dashi. And while I can't promise that this book will make your child anxious to try sushi, my 2 year old and I looked at this book together, then made some sushi, and she ate every bite on her plate. "Yummy Zushi!" she exclaimed. Indeed it is.

This book is the start of something beautiful if you love sushi. Tried it at the restaurant but would love to save money and have fun by making your own? This book gives you the start you need. It covers all the basics; ingredients and their selection, techniques and style points of this artistic food. If you are in a city with a japanese market or have online access to the ingredients then this book will show you how to tastefully employ them!