I’ve never been to Canada, but I hear from friends that the sushi is fantastic and superbly fresh. Canadian sushi houses are always of great interest to me. I enjoy reading on-line reviews of sushi bars in Toronto as I imagine that I’ll soon be on my way to vacation and enjoy sushi there. [...]
Love sushi? Love wine? Join us for an online tasting! Every Thursday night, The Commercial Appeal’s (Memphis, TN)food editor, Jennifer Biggs, hosts a virtual wine tasting on her blog. Each week, a wine is selected and a local chef and/or wine expert logs into a live blog feature to talk food and wine. This Thursday, [...]
For the past few months, I have been training an apprentice. But he’s a little elusive and has managed to dodge nearly every photo I’ve tried to take of him in action. In this picture he couldn’t dodge because we were locked into our station and busy preparing sushi for a party of about [...]
Don’t let disposable chopsticks eat away at your social conscience! My very first job was as a dishwasher in a small, family run Chinese restaurant in Starkville, Mississippi. There was no commercial dishwashing machine, so it was my job to wash the dishes and silverware by hand. I remember vividly on my first [...]
Thoughts on sushi leftovers How long can I keep my sushi? This question, along with several variations (can I keep sushi in the refrigerator like they do in grocery stores; what can I do with leftover sushi rice) is something that I am often asked. Before I give my answer, please keep in mind [...]
Thoughts on Frozen Tuna I was recently in a local supermarket with a decent seafood selection. I was waiting my turn, but couldn’t help listening to the dialog between a frustrated shopper and the seafood counter attendant over the type of tuna she should purchase for her sushi party later on that evening. As [...]
An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice On September 2, the paperback edition of Trevor Corson’s sushi saga will be available. The Story of Sushi, formerly The Zen of Fish, chronicles the adventures of a young American woman as she makes her way through the professional sushi chef program at the California Sushi Academy. [...]
Learn the ingredients of seaweed salad and it’s nutritional breakdown Seaweed salad, also known as hiyashi wakame and goma wakame, is a very popular salad served in sushi bars and Japanese restaurants. It can be found as an appetizer as well as a garnish and has enjoyed success as a cross over ingredient in [...]
How Duck and a Little Curiosity Launched My Sushi Career There’s no way to get around the it. I am quite possibly the most unlikely sushi chef and people want to know how it is that a black female from Mississippi came to be a sushi chef. And my answer is always [...]
Commerce Street Market 602 Carroll Gartin Blvd, Laurel, MS It is always such a pleasure to visit the Commerce Street Market. Owner Margaret Hortman and Chef Kay Campanella always extend such a warm welcome. Despite having taught over 10 hands on sushi classes in less than one year, the residents of Laurel continue to request my [...]
