Another way of making sushi without having to really make sushi… Sushi@Home is said to help you make sushi either using their “nigiri rice press” to make the perfect nigiri rice block, or with the “Maki Rice Roller” to create the maki of your dreams…
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This ‘Lily pond’ sushi set is new works from tooth-pick-holder-brand alessi, with their designer Stefano Giovannoni and Rumiko Takeda. They will be showing it in collaboration with the National Palace Museum of Taiwan at Macef Milano from january 18- 21, 2008.
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Having a sushi party? Check out this cool toy that came out this summer from toymaker Bandai Namco. It’s an automatic sushi roller–just put seaweed, rice, and your ingredients of choice in the little orange machine, turn the rollers, and voila! You have perfect, tightly rolled whatever-makis in a matter of seconds. The roller is meant to be a toy for 6-12 years old girls, but I guess it serves no harm for people who are looking for a fast sushi snack.
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As if small babies aren’t eatable enough? Or maybe after nine months of “NO SUSHI,” you want to indulge in this outfit for your bouncing baby girl or baby boy? The Best of Chums infant playwear sets packaged in take out boxes are some of the hottest baby gift items around. Their signature vibrant colors and whimsical appliqués leave everyone smiling! There is one 4-piece set for girls and one for boys. The traditional pink and blue respectively.
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It is getting close to the holidays and trying to come up with those brilliant Christmas gifts. Here is a great gift idea for the sushi lovers among us. Mint Sushi-Time sushi serving plate is both your perfect serving plate with a wide surface for either nigiri sushi or sashimi which slopes toward the center which also holds your soy sauce.
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A cool product for all of us Star Wars fans: R2D2 as a soy sauce dispenser! You put some soy sauce into his orifice, close him up, and then pour. Your sushi will be outer space like! But look! His powerful soy sauce weapon is creating gigantic storms down on planet earth!? Is R2D2 maybe the reason for global warming? And I always thought he was one of the good guys.
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Funky fresh, huh? Just say no to pine trees! These air fresheners features fun images and enticing aromas! Each one measures about 4 inches (10.2 cm) and comes with a string for hanging. Bagged with illustrated headers…. OMG.
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We have had chocolate sushi, felt sushi, candy sushi, cake sushi… Now we introduce wooden sushi! This sushi roll set is a great addition to your kids kitchen toys. A great way to teach your kids to eat healthy? Practice your chopstick skills and getting a sliver at the same time? Or something. Cute. You can get them from Erzi for $19.99.
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The sushi chef Masayoshi “Masa” Takayama was asked by the magazine New York Magazine last year (2006) to evaluate the best of the Santoku knives. Well, as a sushi chef, we expect him to be into good knives - and what the test shows is that price and quality is not necessary linked.
He tested ten knives straight from the box (no additional sharpening allowed) to chop onions, slicing boneless chicken and mincing parsley. He also tried slicing parchment paper, which is apparently his way of testing his favorite single-bevel Yanagi knife (a knife for everyday slicing, the blade is perfect for slicing long pieces of fish) after its daily session on the grindstone. He judged each of the knives for their balance, sharpness, cutting ability, and how long it kept its edge. They are ranked below in order of preference. Here is the list:
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“Combining style with function the sushi board makes for a delicious and attractive presentation”. And it is pretty! It is the kind of thing you use when you ask your date over for dinner, and end up serving her or him sushi. Then I think this is the perfect gadget. This has the look and feel of high end stylish sushi bars. The Sunday Express said about it back in August 2005:
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This was so cheesy that it cracked me up. It is a sushi roller! And nigiri maker. I have not tried it, so I can’t really be hard on it other than it is not the “proper japanese way” of making sushi.
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The latest Eat-Japan Trade Directory Vol. 3 is out. It includes comprehensive information on over 100 top quality Japanese food and drink related products, arranged by category for ease of use. It also contains a glossary of terms, as well as global distributor listing with details of around 250 companies. I think this is written and focused mainly on the UK market, but I have not seen the Directory, so I am not sure.
If you are in the food & drink industry you are lucky - you can get it free of charge (p +p extra). We are in the food and trade business, right?
You can get the book from Eat Japans website:
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The book concept of “Whatever for Dummies” is kind of cool. They are not very cool to have in your book collection necessarily, but as an introduction to a new field - they are quite brilliant.
They also have two books on sushi - one that’s called “Sushi for Dummies” and the other one “Cooking around the World for Dummies”.
Figuring out how to eat sushi politely can be confusing at first, but if you remember the tips in these books, you’re sure to display good sushi manners in a Japanese friend’s home or at a sushi bar. I also learned a bit more about the different types of sushi (I keep mixing up the names…). Following are descriptions of the different kinds of sushi from their website:
I just finished this great book! “The Zen of Fish” is written by Trevor Corson and the author has descibed it as “documentary nonfiction”.
The story is a mix of facts and historic reference and partly about some real students at the school I took a basic sushi class at the California Sushi Academy. It might have been a reason why I became over the top exited when reading the book, but I think the book reads like a great novel that I learned a lot from.
I have started buying cook books on how to make sushi at home. It is a lot of fun, and the books have helped me immensely. I read them sometimes to get a certain recipe, but a lot of the time I read it just as eye candy. As if my wasabi urge is being taken care of. Sort of.
Well – here are a some books that have helped me:
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