The Sushi Lover's Cookbook

Sushi—this once exotic Japanese dish has become a mainstream American favorite, and, lucky for sushi lovers, the ingredients for making it at home are now readily available in most grocery stores.

In this sushi making book, Japanese cooking expert Yumi Umemura offers eighty-five recipes that combine sushi rice with ingredients ranging from its time-honored partners to unexpectedly delicious ingredients—such as Thai fish sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, cooked meats like roast beef or chicken and French ratatouille—that infuse Japanese sushi with an unexpected and international flair. Sushi fans will love Umemura's traditional instructions for making Inside-Out Rolls, Nigiri Sushi, Hand Rolls, and Inari Sushi, and her exciting and innovative recipes for Thai Shrimp Sushi Parcels, Taco Sushi, and Korean Kimchi Sushi Rolls.

Whether making the classic thick rolls, thin rolls, or experimenting with one of Umemura's fun and easy-to-make inventions such as ball or pizza sushi, The Sushi Lover's Cookbook is the one sushi cookbook fanatics need to guide them to sushi nirvana.

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

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.