What Is Uni Sushi and Why Do People Love It?
The orange stuff on a piece of uni sushi is the reproductive organ of a sea urchin. Menus call it roe, and…
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From Street Snack to Art: The History of Sushi
Sushi started as a way to keep fish from rotting. Cooks in Southeast Asia packed freshwater fish in fermented rice, waited, and…
What Is Tobiko Sushi? The Crunch of the Sea
A tobiko roll on a U.S. menu isn’t guaranteed to contain flying fish roe. Marky’s reports that in the United States, capelin…
What Is Hamachi Sushi? The Yellowtail Delight
Yellowtail, sold in Japan as hamachi or buri, is the country’s top farmed finfish export by value at USD 137 million (SeafoodSource,…