Description
In this sushi making book, Japanese cooking expert Yumi Umemura offers 85 easy recipes combining sushi rice—the key to delicious sushi—with ingredients ranging from time-honored favorites to non-traditional ingredients—such as Thai fish sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, French ratatouille, cooked meats like roast beef or chicken and smoked salmon. Many recipes reflect sushi's worldwide popularity—incorporating the diverse tastes.
Sushi Recipes include:
- Seared Tataki Beef Sushi
- Tempura Sushi
- Four Color Rolls
- Two-Cheese Tuna Salad Rolls
- Simple Mushroom and Chicken Sushi Rice
- Poached Egg Sushi Rice Salad
- Prosciutto Rolls
- Tuna Tartare Gunkan Sushi
- Avocado Sesame Rolls
- Thai Shrimp Sushi Parcels
- Korean Kimchi Sushi Rolls
Whether making the classic thick rolls, thin rolls, or experimenting with one of the author's fun and easy-to-make inventions such as pizza sushi, The Sushi Lover's Cookbook will guide you to sushi nirvana.
About the Author:
Yumi Umemura is an expert chef in a variety of foods and is the author or translator of a number of cookbooks. She teaches cooking and creative table-setting in Tokyo and around the world. She has demonstrated recipes on Japanese television and is a frequent contributor to several Japanese publications.
Photographer Noboru Murata has had a career of more than thirty years as an advertising photographer. His publications include The Japanese House, Japan Style and Japanese Gardens, all published by Tuttle Publishing.




