Sushi...It is my favorite. I always ask to go out for Sushi for my birthday or other celebrations.

I am from the Midwest where sushi wasn't something I had heard of before I was in college.  I worked at the Missouri Botanical Garden where they hosted a week-long Japanese Festival.  It was there, that I first tasted sushi.  And it was love at first bite!

I learned to roll my own sushi using books from the library.  It isn't hard and you don't need raw fish to be a successful sushi chef.  Good news in a land-locked state.  One of the first rolls I made was Korean Sushi - which features grilled beef.  I call it "gateway sushi" because people who think sushi is just raw fish usually really like it!

You can do it too - just check out one of these books and get rolling!

Cali Roll from Bamboo Sushi on Vimeo.