This is maybe the best online tutorial of how to make a proper California roll I have seen. I have already two other videos on here, but I think I like this one the best. Enjoy!
Here is another video that shows you how to make kasari maki, or fancy maki sushi as they call it here. I so wanna learn how to do this! Must practice. Must practice. 
Sushi Time from eat a bug and Vimeo.
An video where four Gaijins (foreigners) and four Japanese tells you some of the do’s and don’s when eating sushi in Japan.
I haven’t tried making wasabi peas myself yet, but I will. I got this recipe from the Wasabi Pea Appreciation Society on Facebook. I just love that fact that there is such a thing as an appreciation society for the little green darlings! From the society’s statement - it is “For those who mark their lives as B.P. (Before Pea) and A.P. (After Pea)”. Very funny!
I have a review on different types of wasabi Peas coming up soon, just need one more picture of my favorite bought peas but in the mean time, here is a recipe for how to make them at home:
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Making sashimi too is something I think is quite scary to do, because it is so important that the fish is fresh from the store, properly prepared and also properly presented! This video was quite educational in that context. Great initial tutorial from VideoJug on how to making sashimi at home! Remember not to get bluefin tuna, though!
I have heard that Tuesday and Friday are suppose to be the best days for eating sushi and Monday the worst. Here is the reasoning behind it:
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I thought I had been around a couple of blocks… but I had never even heard about a sake bomb before I saw it on a discussion board on good places to go sake bombing. It sounds like something you should to try out at some point!
Nigiri sushi are always served in pairs to symbolize peace. I did not know that. This is another great tutorial video from VideoJug.com! The nigiri sushi is something I always have a hard time with. They always just end up looking a bit sad, and never shiny and firm (and similar) like these ones. Need to spend an evening just practicing… Well enjoy! I am hungry now.
This great tutorial shows how to make sesamy seed salmon and avocado handroll. This way of making sushi is very nice for parties, where you just prepare the ingredients and let your guests add whatever filling they feel like.
Need to invite people for a sushi party soon!
To add to your culinary pleasure, accompany the sushi with white wine… Well, bear in mind that the man that recommends this is a winemaker himself, but he does argue his point to why though.
“We always think of beer or sake [with sushi],” says Mick Schroeter, winemaker with Geyser Peak Winery in Sonoma County, Calif. Beer can be very filling, which doesn’t bring balance to the sushi dish. Sake isn’t that popular in the U.S. Wine, however, goes with everything, according to Mr. Schroeter.
This video shows you how to make a Sumosan roll, which is named after the Sumosan Restaurant. I have to say that now the online “how-to tutorials” are starting to be really good! This was a very nice video from VideoJug.com, which focused not only on how to prepare it but also how to present it. Beautiful!
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:
Here is another video on how to make California Roll. They are not the best I have seen at making sushi, but it is a beginners vidoe anyway. You might pick up some tips. Chef MikeC from Kitchen at Fire / Circulon.com shows Taya how easy it is to get a sushi party cooking with the classic California Roll.
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The overfishing of bluefin tuna stocks has led sushi chefs to look for good alternatives. Horse meet and deer meat have been mentioned. But there are also alternative fish out there. Tuna even. Canadian albacore tuna is a runner up.
So in that context I would like to help promote the 1st international BC-CANADIAN albacore tuna recipe competition. They are currently looking for contestants with exciting recipes. Hey Allison!. You don’t even have to go there. Well, when you win maybe. :)
Trevor Corson seems to be a popular guy these days. He is the author of the relatively new book The Zen of Fish which I already have recommended here on Sushi or Death. In this interview with The Washington Post he also shows us how to make sushi! It is pretty much the same things as I learned at the beginners class at the California Sushi Academy, and it is a nice and easy introduction to how to make sushi at home.
I could not link the video in here, but you can see it on the newspapers website.
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