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Sushi Art Cookbook

The Complete Guide to Kazari Sushi

Ken Kawasumi

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Hardback

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English
Tuttle
14 November 2017
"Entertain your friends and family with sushi that looks as fantastic as it tastes! 

As the world's appetite for Japanese sushi continues to skyrocket, the Sushi Art Cookbook introduces readers to the art of creating sushi that looks as fantastic as it tastes. Author Ken Kawasumi — principal lecturer at the Japanese Sushi Institute — is the pioneering chef behind Kazari Maki Sushi. The designs revealed by slicing the sushi logs into delicious morsels can be understated or refined, expressive or playful — whatever suits the occasion. 

A sushi cookbook like no other, this guide to decorative Kazari Maki Sushi includes: 

How to prepare your ingredients, including delicious sushi rice 

How to assemble, roll, press, and cut Sushi correctly 

How to arrange ingredients for amazing cross-section imagery .

Anyone can create these simple-to-sophisticated sushi recipes and designs: 

Chrysanthemum 

Bunny 

Clown 

Smiley-Face 

Panda 

Cherry Blossom 

Guitar 

Penguin 

Bonsai Tree 

Samurai 

and much more. 

""Rich in mouth-watering illustrations and attentive to details, yet never overburdening its readers, the Sushi Art Book is a perfect guide for sushi aficionados and chefs alike.""―Japan Reference blog
*300,000 monthly visitors

""This is a very beautiful cookbook produced on heavy, glossy paper stock with hundreds of thumbnail photos, many of which are part of a series of step-by-step instructions.""―Manhattan Book Review
*15,000 monthly visitors

""This fun and instructive guide from Kawasumi, one of Japan's most highly acclaimed sushi chefs and a principal lecturer at the Japanese Sushi Institute, teaches home cooks to create exquisite maki and sushi that are almost too striking to eat...

Kawasumi has provided an excellent guide that's perfect for those looking to step up their sushi game.""―Publishers Weekly"

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Imprint:   Tuttle
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 203mm, 
Weight:   822g
ISBN:   9784805314371
ISBN 10:   4805314370
Pages:   128
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ken Kawasumi has poineered the craft of decorative sushi for decades, honing his craft at a young age, training in various top sushi restaurants and developing his own maki techniques. He has won numerous national sushi competitions and served as instructor for Sushi Kawasumi in Kanagawa and Yokohama for several years before becoming principal lecturer at the Japanese Sushi Institute (Tokyo, Tsukiji). He is the founder of the decorative Kazari Maki Sushi movement in Japan.

Reviews for Sushi Art Cookbook: The Complete Guide to Kazari Sushi

Rich in mouth-watering illustrations and attentive to details, yet never overburdening its readers, the Sushi Art Book is a perfect guide for sushi aficionados and chefs alike. -- Japan Reference blog Sushi Art Cookbook gives traditional sushi an innovative new spin, showing us how to prepare rice, fish, nori (seaweed) and vegetables and transform them into edible works of art. Ken Kawasumi is clearly an artist and a chef, as every recipe is visually delightful, yielding results that look almost too beautiful to eat. --Nichi Bei Weekly This is a very beautiful cookbook produced on heavy, glossy paper stock with hundreds of thumbnail photos, many of which are part of a series of step-by-step instructions. -- Manhattan Book Review Everything your customers need to know is provided in well-organized form, from basic ingredients to basic tools and techniques to instructions for arranging sushi on serving platters. Great ideas for special occasions or just to impress friends! --Retailing Insight Sushi Art Cookbook is a joy for connoisseurs to browse, and a must-have for anyone interested in trying their hand at creating sushi! Highly recommended. --Midwest Book Review This fun and instructive guide from Kawasumi, one of Japan's most highly acclaimed sushi chefs and a principal lecturer at the Japanese Sushi Institute, teaches home cooks to create exquisite maki and sushi that are almost too striking to eat ... Kawasumi has provided an excellent guide that's perfect for those looking to step up their sushi game. --Publishers Weekly


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