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Book Reviews of The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy

The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy
The Sushi Economy Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy
Author: Sasha Issenberg, Sasha Issenberg
ISBN-13: 9781592402946
ISBN-10: 1592402941
Publication Date: 5/3/2007
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Gotham
Book Type: Hardcover
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The Sushi Economy is an intriguing look at how sushi arrives on plates all around the world. It's not so much about the taste of sushi, rather how it is a product of the forces behind globalization. Sasha Issenberg focuses mostly on tuna in chapters collected into parts that focus on the freight, food, fish, and future aspects of sushi. I enjoyed the behind-the-scenes look at Tokyo's Tsukiji wholesale market where tuna is auctioned as much as the chapters about how tuna is caught in New England and ranched in southern Australia. An interesting and very accessible read in culinary economics!
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Amazing tracing of the international web of commerce and ideas. Fun read, too.