Make classic sushi along with more artful and exotic rolls with this illustrated sushi cookbook.

In this sushi making book, Japanese cooking expert Yumi Umemura offers 85 easy recipes combining sushi rice—the key to delicious sushi—with ingredients ranging from time-honored favorites to non-traditional ingredients—such as Thai fish sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, French ratatouille, cooked meats like roast beef or chicken and smoked salmon. Many recipes reflect sushi's worldwide popularity—incorporating the diverse tastes.

Sushi Recipes include:

Seared Tataki Beef Sushi
Tempura Sushi
Four Color Rolls
Two-Cheese Tuna Salad Rolls
Simple Mushroom and Chicken Sushi Rice
Poached Egg Sushi Rice Salad
Prosciutto Rolls
Tuna Tartare Gunkan Sushi
Avocado Sesame Rolls
Thai Shrimp Sushi Parcels
Korean Kimchi Sushi Rolls


Whether making the classic thick rolls, thin rolls, or experimenting with one of the author's fun and easy-to-make inventions such as pizza sushi, The Sushi Lover's Cookbook will guide you to sushi nirvana.

Photographs by: Noboru Murata