Sushi Secrets: Fabulous Sushi Recipes For The Home Cook

Description

In 2003, Marisa Baggett boarded a Greyhound bus with a one-way ticket to Los Angeles and $300 in her pocket to study at the California Sushi Academy. After graduation, Marisa moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where her passion for sushi, her southern background and determination to use local, sustainable ingredients resulted in the development of unconventional and delectable sushi!

In "Sushi Secrets," Marisa shares with you both traditional and nontraditional sushi, all of them delicious and all of them very easy to make. Marisa includes surefire recipes for making perfect sushi rice, tips on how to find and buy the freshest seafood and sustainability and how to achieve it at home. Plus, with her background as a pastry chef, Marisa has created a dessert chapter that will make your mouth water! With this book you'll be ready to prepare a host of sushi and sashimi recipes and it gives loads of hints on how to slash otherwise lengthy prep times. From the traditional favorites to new and unique combinations, "Sushi Secrets" will have you rolling delicious sushi like a pro in no time at all.

Recipes include:

Scallop Carpaccio Sashimi

Avocado and Pomegranate Nigiri

Pork Thin Rolls with Gingered Cherries

Pickled Okra Thick Rolls

Short Ribs Sushi Bowl

"Cat"erpillar Rolls

Faux Eel Hand Rolls

Fudge Wontons with Peanut Dipping Sauce

Fried Cherry Hand Pies

Reviews

"Marisa takes my all-time favorite food--sushi--and makes it doable at home. Don't be scared; she's going to walk you through each step. Adding her own inventive twists, Marisa's sushi recipes are everything that food should be--beautiful, delicious, and fun."--Melissa Petersen, editor and publisher of "Edible Memphis Magazine"

Author description

Marisa Bagget arrived in Los Angeles from her home in Mississippi with one goal in mind: to learn as much as she could about preparing great sushi. At the California Sushi Academy she not only studied sushi preparation, but also sushi culture and other Japanese dishes. Her enthusiasm and passion for this flavorful cuisine grew and she became the school's first black female graduate. Since her return to the South, she has gained regional and international recognition for her sushi. She teaches workshops on sushi making, caters sushi events, and works with caterers in the Memphis Jewish community on supplying kosher sushi for special events.