Sushi Shokunin: Japan's Culinary Masters

Sushi Shokunin: Japan's Culinary MastersRARE OUT OF PRINT In Japan, cooking often bears aesthetic value, and the making of sushi is exalted as one of the finest culinary crafts. In line with this ideal of food as art, the Japanese often employ the word shokunin, loosely defined as artisan, to refer to highly skilled sushi masters. Connoting excellence and devotion to ones craft, this title is reserved for those who approach their work with an artistic eye and seemingly spiritual sense of

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Fuyuko heads out to catch a glimpse of the lights that fill the Tokyo night

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Each of them hails from a different planet

the album's 16 tracks were recorded at Paul Colby's 230 seats Bitter End nightclub in New York City