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Harvard Book Store Presents...
HarperCollins
Price: $24.95
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TREVOR CORSON discusses The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket
Everything you never knew about sushi—its surprising origins, the colorful lives of its chefs, the bizarre behavior of the creatures that compose it—is revealed in this entertaining documentary account by the author of The Secret Life of Lobsters (a Harvard Book Store staff favorite!).
When a twenty-year-old woman arrives at America’s first sushi-chef training academy in Los Angeles, she is unprepared for the challenges ahead: knives like swords, instructors like samurai, prejudice against female chefs, demanding Hollywood customers—and that’s just the first two weeks.
Journalist Trevor Corson shadows several American sushi novices and a master Japanese chef, taking the reader behind the scenes as the students strive to master the elusive art of cooking without cooking. With the same eye for drama and humor that Corson brings to the exploits of the chefs, he delves into the biology and natural history of the creatures of the sea. He illuminates sushi’s beginnings as an Indo-Chinese meal akin to cheese, describes its reinvention in bustling 19th-century Tokyo as a cheap fast food, and tells the story of the pioneers who brought it to America. He shows this unlikely meal now exploding into the American heartland just as the long-term future of sushi may be unraveling.
The Zen of Fish is a compelling tale of human determination as well as a delectable smorgasbord of surprising food science, intrepid reporting, and provocative cultural history.
"Riveting. . . . Corson beautifully intersperses the drama with lessons about the history and science of each fish, . . . along with the rice and wasabi. . . . Foodies will find dozens of useful tips to enhance their appreciation of 'the fast food of old Tokyo.' . . . The combination of culinary insights and personal drama makes for one of the more compelling food-themed books in recent years." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Wednesday, June 13th |
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6:30 PM |
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Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge |
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This event is free; no tickets are required |
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Trevor Corson lived in Japan for three years and speaks fluent Japanese. He has resided in Buddhist temples in Tokyo, studied philosophy in China, and worked on commercial fishing boats off the Maine coast. He has been an award-winning magazine editor and has written on a wide variety of subjects for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and the Atlantic Monthly, where his first book, The Secret Life of Lobsters, began as an essay that was included in The Best American Science Writing. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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