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 assemblyAnyone 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!