Sushi Modern takes a quintessential Japanese dish and fuses it with flavors from around the world — with surprising, delicious results.

Author and culinary school lecturer Hideo Dekura takes you step-by-step through a tempting array of recipes that will delight experienced cooks and kitchen novices alike. Using the many varieties of traditional sushi as a starting point, Sushi Modern shows how to create new flavor combinations — and make sushi with ingredients and equipment make preparing sushi a breeze.

You'll soon be sampling smoked salmon and asparagus sushi with cream cheese, Parmesan cheese sushi with cucumbers, tomatoes, and an olive oil vinaigrette, or rainbow rolls with arugula, yellowtail, and mango that you've rolled yourself.

Inside this sushi cookbook you will find recipes for a myriad of sushi rolls, using everything from grilled sirloin to smoked salmon or cheese to pate. From directions on preparing the perfect sushi rice—and a recipe for black rice—to planning a sushi meal, this sushi recipe book provides all the steps you'll need to make sushi at home. Step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs make it easy for even a beginner to start rolling their own sushi right away.

Sushi Recipes Include:

• Chirashi-zushi
• California Cone Rolls
• Nigiri-zushi
• Lobster Tempura Rolls
• And many more!