Does anyone know of a place in northern california where you can learn how to make sushi?

Answer 1

I don,t but it is really easy - I learned to make them in a local international cookery club which I go to every Friday night.

First you will need sticky rice, mirin or rice wine, rice vinegar and tons of sugar! When I saw that my blood sugars went through the roof in anticipation and I had to shoot up extra insulin!!!)

You need nori seaweed sheets.

You need egg beaten and cooked as thin as absolutely possible. There are special tools to make this, but unless you are going to do this regularly I reckon this is a waste of money.

Then you need some ginger and garlic crushed. Some wasabe paste (chinese horse radish to you - beware it hot!!!) vegetables of your choice finely shredded. And any fish you want to put in - very finely shredded.

Take a sushi mat. Place seaweed first and then the rice mix (should be cold) and then all your other ingredients on top leaving a bare 1/2 inch all around. Start rolling the mat up and evenly, firmly but gently roll it up leaving the side of the mat nearest to you when you started open and on top so you could open it straight away. Your sushi roll should come off the end away from you firmly rolled. Neaten the ends and eat with chopsticks dipped in ketchupmanis (Indonesian soya sauce!)

Fiddly until you get the hang of it, and interesting but in my opinion nothing to write home about.

Answer 2

In Napa Valley, the Culinary Institute gives cooking classes, and so does Copia. Either one may offer a sushi class occasionally. Their classes rotate.

Answer 3

I took one from the Adult Education department at a junior college in SoCal. Try looking at their course offerings.