And so, the click-bait was laid for media outlets, and dozens of Tweets and stories on the subject were published in a matter of days. Unfortunately, there’s a little problem with that fact up there, ...
If the documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi taught us anything, it’s that some sushi artisans devote their entire lives to perfecting this craft and never achieve what they would consider true mastery.
Japanese chef Takayo “Tama-cha” Kiyota uses carefully arranged food to create cross-sectional sushi-roll art. Her subjects include everything from popular iconography to Japanese demons, but I’m ...
Who wants a sushi-cure? No, that's not a Jedi mind trick to help you stop spending your whole paycheck on takeout. (If only!) But it can help you get your Japanese food fix — if only on your ...
Recently, I headed back to Storrs Center’s Love Art Sushi to check out one of their most popular creations, the sushi makiritto. Essentially, a sushi makiritto is a maki (the seaweed part of sushi) ...
Last January, when correspondent Lucy Craft stopped by Chigusa Sushi, chef Haruo Gakuhari was still hanging out its cotton shingle. The Tokyo establishment has been open for 85 years, beckoning the ...
A culinary adventure awaits both seasoned sushi lovers and curious beginners at Hotel Nikko’s ANZU restaurant, where the “Summer of Sushi” is underway. ANZU, near San Francisco’s Union Square, offers ...
Last week, we were introduced to chef Jiro Ono, the proprietor of Tokyo’s Sukiyabashi Jiro, the first sushi restaurant in the world to receive three Michelin stars, and featured in the 2011 ...