Sushi Party Platters! Part II

The best circumstances for making sushi are usually when someone else is buying the ingredients. So, I was more then happy to put together some rolls for a group of people at the Outer Banks in North Carolina recently, especially considering the quality of the ingredients involved. Tuna and salmon and krab, oh my! I [...]

Sushi Party Platters! Part I

Not too long ago, Drew and I went on a Grande Voyage to the East Coast, where we visited with various people. As it turns out, if you know how to make sushi, people like to have you around for their gatherings. This works out well for me, as I like to have people want [...]

Namiko’s Sushi in Arvada, CO

Namiko’s is a sushi restaurant which is only a 15 minute walk from where we live. Or a 5 minute drive (closer to 8 minutes during rush hour). Or around 7-8 minutes to bike. In any case, we’ve lived near it for about 9 months now, and for some bizarre reason haven’t gotten around to [...]

Guest Post: Sushi Is For The Dogs

(This is the 2nd in a series of guest posts by Julie) Thus continues our short series in foods inspired by Virginia. That’s Virginia the person, not Virginia the state. Virginia the person is way cooler. Especially in this heat. And she’s nicer to gay people and doesn’t talk about the War of Northern Aggression [...]

Guest Post: First Solo Sushi Attempt

(This is the first in what will hopefully be a series of guest posts by Julie!) So, inspired by this blog, I finally decided to take the plunge and make my own sushi. The sushi plunge. To prepare myself, I read all of Virginia’s sushi posts, although that really just made me want to create [...]

Sushi! Featuring Seaweed, Avocado On Top, Plus Pacific Mercantile Indulgence

I recently got goaded again into making sushi for a potluck at Drew’s work. This has caused me to become more efficient with the sushi-making itself, as most of it has to get done in the morning before he goes to work. I could always make it the night before, but there’s two problems with [...]

Achieving perfect sushi rolls at 8 in the morning

I’ve never made sushi at 8 in the morning until this past Wednesday happened. Drew promised people at his work I’d make sushi, and I knew making it the night before would make it dry and not nearly as appetizing by potluck time, so I decided to make it in the morning. This, of course, [...]

My Sushi Kick Continues: Tamago (egg) Madness!

I should probably accept the fact that my tamago (egg omelet) will never look perfect. Creating those fabulous rectangular pieces of egg with the rounded edges, the ones that perch delightfully atop a mound of rice in those scant few seconds before you stuff it down your gaping maw, requires a rectangular pan, whereas I [...]

Cook your tofu in the toaster for sushi madness

Recently, I was desperate for sushi. I also had a block of tofu that was desperate to be eaten. And I apparently had a toaster that was desperate to become potentially soy sauce flavored. So I combined all of these factors for beautiful harmony. First, I marinated the tofu. Pretty lazily, as it involved me [...]

Sushi made with tilapia and topped with exciting things

So a little while back, Drew and I went to a local Asian grocery store that specialized in Japanese products. I wanted some sushi-grade fish, and being poor/cheap, decided to go with some tilapia. I already had some regular tilapia in my freezer, so I figured they could keep each other company. I recently impulse-bought [...]

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