Fight 4 Taste!

 I love sushi, and when it comes to great food, I cannot be satisfied without attempting to master making it. The love, history, culture, art, and respect that goes into making sushi is what I feel, is the next natural step in my learning.   When it comes to Asian food, I am Asian.  In fact, anything I cook will somewhere, somehow have an Asian foundation to it.  My cooking education started as Asian, so in turn, that became my native language. If I make something that is not Asian I have to consciously work to make it not have the influence. There is a cycle to cooking for me.  It begins with a desire to taste a dish in my own kitchen. I sort of become secretly obsessed with the idea that if I make this dish, I will not be restrained to just small samples at expensive fine dining establishments, although the sampling is also an important and appreciated step!   I will watch 10, 20, or 30 different people making their versions on YouTube, and I will ac...