Illustration by Nick Dewar for the New York Times
Sushi began as a way of preserving old fish. "Rice farmers in Southeast Asia would pack fish in jars with cooked rice to preserve it." It didn't used to be about eating raw fish. Good information on the history of sushi in Jay McInerney’s book review of the two new sushi books on the market.
Posted on June 11, 2007
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