Shopping for the ingredients - rice, seafood, wasabi, nori (seaweed) - and gathering some sushi how-to books from the library are all you need to do to turn your kitchen into a sushi kitchen. The books listed below include details about what types of rice and fish to buy, how to prepare the ingredients and how to roll a wide variety of rolls.

 

The Encyclopedia of Sushi Rolls can help you discover some popular and tasty rolls to try, and Vegetarian Sushi is a good book for anyone who likes their sushi fish-free. I really enjoyed reading about the history of sushi and Japanese cuisine included in many of these books. Sushi apparently began in Japan as a way to preserve fish using vinegared rice, and now it is a favorite meal all over the world!