Most people think sushi means raw fish. It doesn’t. Sushi is vinegared rice combined with toppings or fillings, and the…
Sushi without rolling, without raw fish, and ready in under 45 minutes. That’s the short version of what sushi bake…
Most people have eaten sushi. Far fewer have eaten it the right way. A hand roll sushi, or temaki, is…
Most people who haven’t tried sushi picture something cold, raw, and aggressively fishy. The reality is almost the opposite. Sushi…
Most people discover inari sushi by accident, reach for it once, and never stop ordering it. It is one of…
Most people have ordered it wrong at least once. Called it sushi when it wasn’t. Mixed the wasabi into the…
Most people think they know what sushi is made of. They’re usually half right. Sushi is built on vinegared rice,…
Most people ordering at a sushi restaurant skip right past the eel. That’s a mistake. Unagi sushi is one of…
Most sushi menus list it simply as “kani,” but what’s actually in that roll is rarely what people expect. Kani…
That buttery white fish on your sushi plate may not be what the menu claims. Escolar sushi is one of…
Few foods create the kind of loyalty that sushi does. People drive across town for it, pay premium prices for…
Sushi and kashrut have more in common than most people think. Whether sushi is kosher depends on the fish species,…
Not all tuna is created equal. Toro sushi is the fatty belly cut of bluefin tuna, and it sits at…
Sushi is one of those meals that feels light even when it isn’t, and that gap between perception and reality…
Most people have eaten maki sushi without knowing that’s what it’s called. Those neatly cut rolls of vinegared rice, nori…
You’ve seen the label at the fish counter. But what is sushi grade salmon, exactly, and does it actually mean…
Those tiny orange eggs coating your sushi roll have a name, a source, and a story most people never think…
You sit down, order a few rolls, and somehow walk out $80 lighter. So why is sushi so expensive compared…
Sushi has a reputation that goes well beyond its taste. For decades, raw fish, seaweed, and pickled ginger have been…
Most people have eaten nigiri sushi without knowing exactly what makes it different from everything else on the menu. Nigiri…
Raw fish and parasites go together more often than most sushi lovers want to know. The short answer to does…
Most people order sushi and stop there. That’s a missed opportunity. Knowing what to eat with sushi changes the entire…
You’ve seen it on every sushi menu, but most people have no idea what ebi actually is beyond “the shrimp…
Not all sushi involves raw fish. Tamago in sushi is a sweet, layered Japanese egg omelette served over vinegared rice,…
Your child just pointed at your California roll and asked for a bite. Now you’re wondering: can kids eat sushi…
That orange strip inside your futomaki roll is not carrot. It is gobo, a seasoned or pickled burdock root that…
Leftover sushi sitting in your fridge doesn’t have to be a loss. Knowing how to reheat sushi properly is the…
Sushi gets called healthy by default. But the answer is more complicated than that. Whether sushi is healthy depends almost…
Not all sushi rolls are the same, and the difference between ordering well and ordering blindly comes down to knowing…
You sit down, hand over control, and the chef decides everything. That is the core of omakase sushi: a Japanese…