The Vegetable Sushi Cookbookis the brainchild of Izumi Shoji, a hugely popular blogger in Japan, who shares her expertise in turning a wide variety of vegetables into delicious and healthy sushi meals. Each recipe has been chosen for its nutritious ingredients and delightful taste, and is easy to make with basic cooking skills and no special tools. Shoji offers alternatives for any ingredients that might be difficult to find in some areas. The author covers the entire range of sushi dishes, fromnigiri-zushi(the familiar fish-atop-rice style) tomaki-zushi(rolled sushi), andchirashi-zushi(scattered sushi), including theoshi-zushistyle popular in the Osaka area. Also explained, in detail with many photographs, are the various styles of preparing the vegetables for use in sushi dishes, from grilling to steaming and frying. Each dish is photographed in full color. There are additional chapters on making sushi bento, the lunch box craze that's sweeping the country; and on preparing festive vegetable sushi for parties.