You Wouldn't Put Your Soul In A

On Behalf Of My Native Japan, I Am Grateful To The Culinary Community And Hospitality Industry For Working Together To Raise Much-needed Funds To Aid The Tsunami And Earthquake Victims.

I Always Have Dashi In My Refrigerator—it's The Almighty Japanese Ingredient.

Culture And Tradition Have To Change Little By Little. So 'new' Means A Little Twist, A Marriage Of Japanese Technique With French Ingredients. My Technique. Indian Food, Korean Food; I Put Italian Mozzarella Cheese With Sashimi. I Don't Think 'new New New.' I'm Not A Genius. A Little Twist.

When I'm On The Road, I Wake Up Early And Walk A Lot. I'm Very Healthy. But When I Come Back Home, I Am More Tempted By Guilty Pleasures, Such As Eating Too Many Sweets And Sleeping A Lot.

I've Been Making Sushi For 38 Years, And I'm Still Learning. You Have To Consider The Size And Color Of The Ingredients, How Much Salt And Vinegar To Use And How The Seasons Affect The Fattiness Of The Fish.