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 [...]
Cater’s Market 4919-B Poplar Springs Dr., Meridian, MS I was very fortunate to have been invited to Meridian, MS this past week to teach a hands on sushi class. The class, sponsored by Cartmell Gallery, Cater’s Market and Meridian Community College, had a tremendous turnout. Hostess Jamie Cater made her lovely and well stocked market available to [...]
Download a free sushi booklet with step by step pictures of the sushi making process For those that would like a printed reference, a version of the Sushi From Your Home Kitchen booklet I created for my sushi workshops is now available for download. It includes: – Basic Sushi Rice Recipe – Black and white [...]
Most Japanese restaurants and sushi bars offer several items that would delight any vegan palate. The cuisine is hallmarked by healthy offerings of seaweed, tofu, pickles, steamed rice and vegetables prepared in light broths. But don’t let these offerings catch you off guard when dining out. Dashi, the all star seasoning broth made from konbu [...]
Decipher the differences between varieties of shoyu (Japanese soy sauces) If you’re shopping your local supermarket for soy sauce, chances are there is a small section devoted to Asian foods and you may at most have a choice of two varieties- low sodium and regular. On a trip to your local Asian market, you’re likely [...]
No matter what I’m doing- working, teaching, making a sushi demonstration- people always want to know the same thing. They point to my well-worn black box that looks very much like a clarinet case and ask, “What’s in that box?” That box is my knife and tool case. It houses the livelihood of my sushi life and [...]
One of the most rewarding parts of being a traveling sushi sensei, is the opportunity to introduce children to sushi. Unlike most adults, children are uninhibited and really open themselves to the experience. I often leave each experience feeling as though I have learned just as much I have taught. I recently had the opportunity [...]
Tips for introducing kids to sushi I am often asked if it safe for children to eat sushi. The answer to this is question is absolutely. Sushi, as we all know, refers to a type of dish made with vinegar dressed rice and there are just as many varieties of sushi as there are fish [...]
