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Ingredient Spotlight: Tobiko (Flying Fish Roe)

Tobiko, or "poor man's caviar," is the roe of the flying fish. It is a popular sushi ingredient, usually served sprinkled on top of maki sushi rolls or on its own. The eggs are very small, smaller t...

How Can I Make Pickled Ginger At Home?
Good Questions

Q: I love making homemade sushi, and my fiance and I make it fairly regularly. Whenever I get out the pickled ginger to serve as an accompaniment, however, the thought crosses my mind: Can't I make a...

Making Colorful Sushi with Rham Fenton of Ramasushi
Expert Tutorial

Continuing the Kitchn’s recent series of sushi posts, we spent some time in the kitchen with Rham Fenton, a very skilled, albeit unconventional sushi expert who gave us some techniques and inspir...

A Roundup Of Sushi-Making Essentials

I've been writing a lot of posts lately on various sushi-related items, such as how to make temaki hand rolls and DIY spicy tuna. In this post I'll go over the essential sushi-making tools and ingr...

How To Make A Sushi Hand Roll

Yesterday I covered the different types of sushi, and one of these was the temaki, or hand roll. This cone-shaped wrap of seaweed sheet (nori) is filled with vinegared rice and various ingredients....

What Exactly Is Sushi?

The word "sushi" is often ambiguous for non-native Japanese. We think of it as being interchangeable with raw fish. Sushi is vinegared rice topped with other ingredients. Sashimi, which is slices...

How To Make DIY Spicy Tuna Sushi

Since I am watching my finances these days like most people, I've been making a lot of food at home, including my own sushi. One of my favorites is spicy tuna, and with a little experimentation, I fi...

Try This: Umeshiso Maki Sushi

Have you ever had umeshiso maki sushi? The next time you are in a sushi bar, ask the chef if they can make it for you. It's a simple maki roll with two fillings; umeboshi pickled plums and fresh s...

Ingredient Spotlight: Octopus

I think that octopus is a misunderstood food. Many people are often put off by the idea of eating it. Maybe they're afraid of it, or they think the tentacles are disgusting. Perhaps they had a bad ...

How To Make Chirashi At Home

Chirashi, also called chirashizushi (ちらし寿司) is one of my favorite Japanese meals. The word "chirashi" means "scattered," so this is basically a big bowl of rice mixed with fish, vegetables,...

Ingredient Spotlight: Salmon Roe (Ikura)

I just love getting ikura sushi - those jewel-like, glistening orange balls of salty goodness are the eggs, or roe of salmon. They're delicious, sustainable, and economical. They also have a wonderf...

Ingredient Spotlight: Sea Urchin

The first time I had sea urchin (uni,) I gagged and spat it out. The texture and the taste of the sea were way too much for me. And then one day, I was flipping through my Nobu cookbook and came acr...

Summer Project: Make Vegetable Maki Sushi With Kids!

Here's a really fun and easy DIY project to do with kids this summer - hand-rolled vegetable maki sushi rolls! The ingredients you'll need are cheap and easy to find. Making your own maki sushi roll...

Look! Sushi Roller

Look, a sushi roller! It's like a pasta machine and a ravioli filler all in one, except, you know, for sushi rolls. This roller is a concept for the kitchen ecology exhibition at Dwell on Design in Lo...

Try This: Fresh Wasabi Root

While on a trip in Japan and browsing the local markets, I came across this green, watery root many times. It's fresh wasabi root - yes, the same nasal-clearing green paste we mix with soy sauce and ...

Wallet Guide to Ocean-Friendly Sushi

Having a sushi-making party? Blue Ocean Institute, the folks who bring you one of the most useful and frequently updated wallet seafood guides, now has a pocket guide to ocean-friendly sushi that you ...

Back to School Recipe: Peanut Butter and Fruit "Sushi"

We're not usually big on gimmicky recipes, but the beginning of another school year put us in the mood to make something fun for lunch boxes, even if our own school days are long behind us. We've see...

Look! Spam Sushi!

We must admit that our culinary experience with spam is rather...limited. It's not an item that we generally keep stocked! But a friend made this spam sushi for us the other day, and doesn't it look,...

$20,000 Coffee and Bad Fish: NY Times Dining Section

From the New York Times' Dining Section... • At Last, a $20,000 Cup of Coffee: The title here is misleading - really, the $20,000 is all for the machine - a new siphon bar. We are coffee geek...

Another Reason Not to Eat Tuna?

It keeps happening: discoveries like the one reported on the front page of today's New York Times (High Mercury Levels Are Found in Tuna Sushi) keep telling us that eating tuna just isn't a great idea...

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