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Theodore C. Bestor is a Professor of Anthropology and Japanese Studies at Harvard University. He was the President for the Association for Asian Studies in 2012.
A California roll or California maki is a makizushi sushi roll that is usually rolled inside-out, and containing cucumber, crab or imitation crab, and avocado. Sometimes crab salad is substituted for the crab stick, and often the outer layer of rice in an inside-out roll (uramaki) is sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds or roe such as tobiko from flying fish.
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Sasha Issenberg is an American journalist. His articles have been published in Philadelphia, Slate, the Washington Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Boston, The Boston Globe, Monocle and George, where he was a contributing editor.
Noritoshi Kanai was a Japanese-born executive of the Los Angeles branch of the food importer, Mutual Trading Company. He is sometimes credited with the idea of opening the first authentic sushi bar in the United States during the 1960s.
The Toyosu Market is a wholesale market in Tokyo, located in the Toyosu area of the Kōtō ward. There are two markets for seafood, one for general wholesale and one for bidding, and one market for fruits and vegetables, with each in their own buildings. Tourists can observe the auction market on a second floor viewing deck. There are restaurants with fresh seafood and produce from the market and shops. The market is built on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay, and replaces the historic Tsukiji fish market. Auction tours, events, merchandise sales and restaurants can be used by general consumers and tourists. When it opened on 11 October 2018, it became the largest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind.
References
- How Sushi Went Global, by Theodore C. Bestor, 2000, Foreign Policy.
- Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World, by Theodore C. Bestor, 2004, University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22024-2; ISBN 978-0-520-22024-9
- The Sushi Economy, by Sasha Issenberg, 2008. ISBN 1-59240-294-1
- Jay McInerney (June 10, 2007). "Raw". New York Times. Book review.
- Giant Bluefin, by Douglas Whynott, 1996, North Point Press.
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