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Summary:

"Sushi and sashimi are by now a global sensation and have become perhaps the best known of Japanese foods--but they are also the most widely misunderstood. Oishii: The History of Sushi reveals that sushi began as a fermented food with a sour taste, used as a means to preserve fish. This book, the first history of sushi in English, traces sushi's development from China to Japan and then internationally, and from street food to high-class cuisine. Included are two dozen historical and original recipes that show the diversity of sushi and how to prepare it. Written by an expert on Japanese food history, Oishii is a must read for understanding sushi's past, its variety and sustainability, and how it became one of the world's greatest anonymous cuisines."-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: What is Sushi?
• One: Searching for the Origins of Sushi
• Two: Sushi in the Medieval Age
• Three: Cookbooks and Street Food: Sushi in the Early Modern Era
• Four: Sushi in Modern Japan, from Snack to Delicacy
• Five: the Global Spread of Sushi
• Six: Sushi Tomorrow?

Author/Creator:

Rath, Eric C., 1967- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oishii: the history of sushi [by Rath, E.C.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Oishii [by Rath, E.C.] (London : Reaktion Books, Limited,c2021 — ISBN 9781789143836)

Subjects:

Sushi — History

Food habits — Japan — History

General Notes:

Description based on: Print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

TX747 .R37 2021eb

ISBNs:

1789143845
9781789143843 (electronic bk.)
1789143837 (hardback) [Invalid]
9781789143836 (hardback) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1243538448

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6522059 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp302001618