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Sushi: Food for the Eye, the Body and the Soul

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This is the best sushi book I have ever seen, heady words I know, but just to quantify, it's not until page 153 that the topic of preparation begins. The preceding 152 pages focus the traditions, equipment and ingredients of the world's most simple, yet complex cuisine...

A professor of biophysics at the University of Southern Denmark, Ole G. Mouritsen has penned the most extensive and authoritative book--dare I say encyclopedia?--on sushi to date. This weighty tome is packed with more information than most readers will ever need. Yet that's exactly where it shines. The author's curiosity and passion about fish is evident throughout. Perhaps most notable is that, unlike other sushi books written by non-Japanese, the information about seafood is factually correct. Sushi will educate readers on all aspects of fish--texture, taste and how they are served. Packed with photos and illustrations (by the author's son), this comprehensive guide also includes information on other dishes at the sushi counter, from the rice and vinegar used to make the shari to the green tea that ends the meal. With an extensive glossary and a rich bibliography, Sushi will find its way onto the bookshelves of chefs and foodies the world over. After consuming this work, readers themselves should be given a PhD in sushi.

I was standing around Barnes and Nobles with this book clutched in my hands, flipping through the pages to look at the pictures and reading some of the stories, when my friend noticed and started looking through it as well. We both became very interested in purchasing this book so we took it up to the counter to find out how much it cost. I think it was somewhere around 40 dollars. I promptly put the book down, scanned the barcode in the back with my cellphone, using a price checking app, and found out how cheap it was on Amazon. I ordered 2 right then and there, on my phone, and when the books came a week later, gave one to my friend as a gift. I've since enjoyed reading the stories and looking at the pictures and my wife enjoys learning how to perpare the various dishes. Thank you for another great transaction.

I love this book. It is incredible. It goes into everything from basic preparation and tools, to lore and science. My favorite book by far as far as sushi is concerned.

You need a science degree, preferably in chemistry, to understand the technical jargon but skipping the high tech content does not diminish the books excellence in understanding Sushi. Illustrations are beautiful. Having degrees in chemistry and having lived in Japan, I enjoyed the book at several levels.

It is a beautiful book in every detail. It was purchased as a gift for my granddaughter.