Celebrating Authentic Asian Cuisine

By Trevor Corson | April 14, 2012

Jump to photo album. We hosted a sold-out special edition historical sushi dinner this week as a sort of “amuse-bouche” to preview the 2012 LuckyRice Food Festival, featuring authentic culinary traditions from all over Asia. At the dinner I gave a presentation on some of the most surprising twists and turns in sushi history–a few interesting pieces…

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The Surprising History of Tuna in Japan

By Trevor Corson | November 20, 2009

Today, bluefin tuna is considered the pinnacle of fine sushi, especially bluefin toro–the fatty belly cuts of the fish. This is kind of funny, because just a few decades ago the Japanese considered toro such a disgusting part of the tuna that the only people who would eat it were impoverished manual laborers. And prior…

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