NEWS
By Kathleen Purvis and Kathleen Purvis,McClatchy-Tribune | December 26, 2007
What makes sashimi tuna more special than tuna? I know it is eaten raw. Is it more susceptible to mercury contamination? Sashimi is a misunderstood term. The word "sashimi" is the Japanese term for "raw fish." But in America, "sashimi grade" has come to mean high-grade, very red cuts of tuna. However, the term "sashimi" on labels isn't regulated in the United States, so there is no guarantee attached to buying something called sashimi tuna. In this country, fish that is destined to be served raw must be frozen, except tuna, which loses quality if it's frozen.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Sloane Brown and Sloane Brown,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | June 3, 2004
You want Thai food, he wants sushi. Let the battle begin! Or just head to Towson's newest restaurant, Jasmine Asian Bistro. It opened a couple of weeks ago on York Avenue, next to the Recher Theatre. The restaurant has a sushi bar ($3 and up for sushi/sashimi items) and several Thai menu items, such as red curry chicken with noodle cake ($12.95). But your choices don't end there. You'll also find other Japanese, Chinese and Malaysian choices, such as steak teriyaki ($15.95), kung pao shrimp ($11.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Sloane Brown and Sloane Brown,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | March 13, 2003
Ever the intrepid eater - uh, journalist - this Baltimore reporter "investigated" a few hot New York City eateries on a recent trip north. Though this column usually is limited to tidbits about Baltimore-area eateries, I thought it would be nice to share my experiences in the Big Apple. I found that - along with getting fabulous food - an observant diner can get a helping of celebrity in many restaurants. First night in town, I enjoyed grilled sardines and eggplant at Da Silvano, the Italian restaurant/Greenwich Village institution at Bleeker and Houston streets.
FEATURES
By Carl Schoettler | February 18, 1996
Creativity leads to decoys; Andrea Shreiner: Sushi chef and 0) waterfowl artist says she has 'a decorative, interpretive style,' as opposed to realistic.Andrea Shreiner slices sushi at night and carves duck during the day.Sushi chef at John Stevens Ltd., the quintessential Fells Point bar-restaurant, for more than a decade, Ms. Shreiner is also one of the small but growing number of women who carve professional-quality waterfowl decoys.She's just placed second with a blue-tipped drake in the decoy painting category in a timed on-stage competition at the Eastern Sportman's Show in Harrisburg, Pa.Her strength has always been in painting the ducks and geese and swans the decoys are supposed to represent.
FEATURES
By GAIL FORMAN | January 2, 1994
Many people have no taste for slices of plain raw fish. But they do enjoy fish cooked rare like steak. Sesame seared tuna sashimi was made for them.I sampled it at the Sound of the Falls, a resort hotel on Kaanapali Beach in Maui, Hawaii. Executive chef James Reaux, who conducts cooking lessons for guests, taught me how to make it.A little like sashimi, sushi and tempura in one, seared sashimi combines the best features of some traditional Japanesefavorites: fish, seaweed and batter-coated, deep-fried foods.
FEATURES
By Janice Baker | August 25, 1991
In a book titled "Japan in Transition," copyright 1899, Stafford Ransome, a reporter for the Morning Post in New York, remarked, "The best authorities agree generally that Japanese food is usually extremely clean, and is served artistically and most delicately; that some of it is rather eatable, but that most is extremely nasty to the taste; and I think that, with hardly one exception, they maintain that a European cannot live on it satisfactorily for...