The Supreme Pizza Roll

Yes.  The supreme pizza roll is the result of Pizza Hut and Benihana enjoying too many drinks together last night and making bad decisions.  This, my friends is good late night drunk food (though I would not make this drunk, do it before the consumption begins).

Eating a hot slice of pizza at 2am after closing was a great memory (blurry at times) from college.  What was better was having a couple slices cold the next day for lunch.  Imagine rolling up day old cold pizza and slicing it into 6 pieces.  I'll take two please...

Sushi Tools of the Trade

A blacksmith has his hammer and blast furnace.  A lawyer has his pen and pinstripe suit.  An IT consultant has his laptop.  Every trade has their common tools they use to make their job function or make it easier.  Its one of the many things that separates us from animals.

This article will go over the few unique tools you will need to construct your sushi creations.  While you can make sushi with your bare hands, these tools make it much easier and enjoyable.

The Bacon & Eggs Roll

The best way to start your day is with a healthy combination of carbs, protein and vegetables.  The first meal of the day helps you power through the morning and eat less in the draining hours of the afternoon.  Eating a balanced simple breakfast will help you loose weight as well.

Bacon and Eggs is a classic American breakfast that is usually eaten with some sort of carb like toast or hash browns.  This roll gives you an American tradition packed into six bite size pieces for the man (or woman) on the go.

The California Roll

The California roll is regarded as one of most popular and well known varieties of maki-zushi in the United States and maybe even globally.  Every time my wife and I go out of sushi (not as often as I like), we get one of these.  It is the minimum level in a sushi order.

This is a good roll to start with if you are a beginner to making sushi because its ingredients are fairly common and cheap.  This version of the California roll will use fake crab meat because it is readily available in most supermarkets around the US and it is less expensive stuff.  However, if you want the true taste of California, you will get the real stuff.

How to Make Sushi Rice

One of the most important components of sushi is the sushi rice.  Light sticky rice grains form an easily pliable material that binds and gives structure to the sushi roll.  Sushi rice is also the main source of carbs in a sushi dish.

Master sushi chefs like Masaharu Morimoto spent years just learning how to cook and mix the perfect blend of sushi rice.  While I have not spent years meditating over rice and practicing techniques, I have put together and easy quick recipe for sushi rice that I will use for all of my sushi roll recipes.