"Without a doubt the most definitive book I have ever read on what is now one of the world\'s most popular foods.
Rath has written a must-read for understanding sushis past and how it became one of the worlds greatest cuisines..
An expert on Japanese food history, Eric C.
Included are historical and original recipes that display the diversity of sushi and how to prepare it.
This book, the first history of sushi in English, traces sushis development from China to Japan and then internationally, and its evolution from street food to high-class cuisine.
Oishii: The History of Sushi reveals that sushi began as a fermented food with a sour taste, used as a means to preserve fish.
It belongs on the bookshelf of any lover of good food." - Ken HomSushi and sashimi are by now global sensations and have become perhaps the best-known of Japanese foods, but they are also the most widely misunderstood.
Eric Rath\'s Oishii is not only well written and packed with fascinating delicious information, but easy to read as well. "Without a doubt the most definitive book I have ever read on what is now one of the world\'s most popular foods
