Sushi for Parties: Maki-Sushi and Nigiri-Sushi

by Ken Kawasumi

Sushi is one of the truly Japanese dishes. It makes full use of fresh seafood and seasonal ingredients. A Japanese eating sushi exclaims that he or she is happy to be born Japanese. Along with sukiyaki and tempura, sushi is world famous as a typical Japanese dish. Traditionally, chirashi-zushi (scattered sushi) and maki-zushi (rolled sushi) have been prepared by mothers for the occasion of cherry-blossom viewing, school sports, festivals and traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870409565
• ISBN13: 9780870409561
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Japan Publications Trading
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.1" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Depends on your taste...

If you like exotic dishes, sushi, etc. then you'll probably love this book. It's beautiful, has photos of what each items should look like (a big plus in my opinion), and detailed step-by-step instructions. My mother has already asked to borrow it and I haven't gotten a chance to make anything from it yet, ha-ha. :)

Excellent pictures and instruction

This book is awesome for those that have never prepared sushi before. It is well laid out and leaves a lot for the imagination. Excellent pictures and instruction on how the finished product should look. Well thought out!

Excellent pictures and instruction

This book is awesome for those that have never prepared sushi before. It is well laid out and leaves a lot for the imagination.

Creative colorful tasty sushi ideas!

Amazingly colorful and decorative sushi ideas that are fun for parties and family gatherings. Full color photos telling you how to make the seasoned sushi rice then how to create the fancy sushi rolls. There are ideas for almost every holiday that you can do for your family such as Santa Claus sushi. There are ideas for the different seasons spring, summer, winter, fall. Lots of cute ideas for kids such as the Panda-Maki. Well worth the money to buy this book I highly recommend it! :)

The best book about sushi I ever seen.

The best book about sushi I ever seen. The book teaches you in detailes (with pictures) how to make any type of sushi you can imagine. Highly recomended to everyone - expert or starter.