Entertain your friends and family with sushi that looks as fantastic as it tastes!

As the world's appetite for Japanese sushi continues to skyrocket, the Sushi Art Cookbook introduces readers to the art of creating sushi that looks as fantastic as it tastes! Author Ken Kawasumi--principal lecturer at the Japanese Sushi Institute--is the pioneering chef behind Kazari Maki Sushi. The designs revealed by slicing the sushi logs into delicious morsels can be understated or refined, expressive or playful--whatever suits the occasion!

A sushi cookbook like no other, this guide to decorative Kazari Maki Sushi includes:

Instructions on how to prepare sushi rice, ingredients, and garnishes
Essential sushi rolling and pressing techniques
85 designs from simple to sophisticated
Detailed color photographs, documenting step-by-step assembly

Anyone can create these simple-to-sophisticated sushi recipes and designs:

Chrysanthemum
Bunny
Clown
Smiley-Face
Panda
Cherry Blossom
Guitar
Penguin
Bonsai Tree
Samurai
and much more!