Vegetarian Sushi

by Brigid Treloar

Sushi made with succulent, fresh vegetables or tofu is one of the healthiest foods you can eat - it is both low in fat and rich in essential minerals and vitamins. Now, with Vegetarian Sushi you can learn how to prepare these simple, mouthwatering sushi at home for a meal that is healthy and delicious. Sushi and sashimi is hugely popular in the West, with most grocery stores having packaged meals available in the deli sections. For those not interested...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0794650023
• ISBN13: 9780794650025
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Periplus Editions
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful photos - makes me want to prepare sushi right now!

There is lots of variety in this little book. The introduction gives you a fine initiation into the sushi-making realm with recommendations on tools and products available. Recipies are straight-forward with easy-to-follow instructions. In fact, I didn't know that there were so many types of vegetarian sushi available! So, what's wrong with my local sushi restaurant? The photographs are also a wonderful asset to this cookbook.Definitely recommended for people who want to learn how to make their own sushi (without worrying about contamination and food borne illnesses associated with raw fish). An asset to any vegetarian/vegan cookbook collection.

Great for a sushi Piggy like me!

Wonderful color pictures throughout, lots and lots of different ideas for filling that sushi roll. I like how the idea of brown rice is pulled in as an option too since its so good for you. The beginning shows the step bystep how to prep the rice the rest is all about different ideas and options from adding tempura, to using different bell peppers and spinach, to using seasoned noodles. Nothing weird, just really tasty.

A beautiful book about beautiful food

Ms. Treloar tells you everything a beginner needs to know to prepare and serve an exquisite vegetarian sushi meal. She covers ingredients, equipment and utensils, garnishes, sauces, and pickles, and even includes a chapter on sushi etiquette. Her cooking and assembly techniques are easy to follow -- you feel like an expert in no time.What really makes this book stand out are the photographs. Each kind of sushi is pictured, often bigger than life, in a full-page color photograph that has the presence of a portrait. Even the photographs accompanying the technique sections are little works of art.You cannot leaf through this book without wanting to make every variety of sushi in it, and there are many. To name just a few, there are spinach and pine nut rolls, avocado-wasabi sushi canapes, pickled plum and brown rice sushi rolls, grilled shiitake sushi, sushi made with various noodles, seasoned tofu pouches, omelette pouches, and very decorative sushi that resemble battleships, camellias, and wisteria.Many of the recipes can be made with readily available ingredients, but you will probably want to go to a Japanese market to get the full benefit of the book. If there's a Japanese tableware store near you, your checkbook is in trouble!

Excellent Introduction to Veggie Sushi

I'm a vegetarian and I love sushi. That statement confuses many people, who hear the word sushi and think, "raw fish". This book offers an excellent introduction to preparing and serving vegetarian sushi (including alternatives to the fish-based stock often used in preparation of vegetable sushi), from selecting the ingredients to preparing the rice to creating a roll to setting the table. The color illustrations demonstrate the artful presentation of the food (and make you hungry just looking at them!), and many of the recipes include several different suggestions for filling combinations. This is an idea cookbook, not just a how-to cookbook.

This is a wonderful book!

This is a book full of great ideas for all different kinds of sushi. The author's instructions are very clear and the pictures are beautiful! There is a picture of each one of the different types of sushi as well as clear soups and small plates to go along with them. Sushi is very simple and quick to make and looks very elegant. I highly recommend this book.