The Fuzzy Chef & Friends

Now that we have our rice, it's time to assemble some ingredients (really, you should be prepping these while the rice is cooking and cooling).  Essential to this are of course the sushi rice and nori.  I suggest buying your nori in a 10-pack of pre-toasted sheets, medium crispy ("2" on the helpful 1-3 scale on some brands).  Don't worry, 10 is plenty unless you're doing a wedding.

Wow, don't sushi chefs look expert? And so fast. And very Japanese. There's no way you could do that yourself. Takes years of training. Right?

Nah, don't let them fool you. Making superb sushi takes training, as does making a roll every 45 seconds. But making pretty good nori rolls (rolled sushi with the seaweed on the outside) when you have the whole afternoon is something that anyone with halfway decent knife skills can do. More importantly, sushi you just made tastes better that yesterday's fridge sushi from the market, and will really impress your friends. So let's do it!

Uva Enoteca

Since we knew we'd have Sunday free in NY, I emailed Dave "Pepperhead" about meeting up with us for a "foodie day" in Manhattan, one of the foodie capitals of the world. Since there was only so much food we could actually eat, we spent a good portion of the day visiting the famous gourmet markets of NY.