If the documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi taught us anything, it’s that some sushi artisans devote their entire lives to perfecting this craft and never achieve what they would consider true mastery.

Many consider a good beverage pairing an essential part of the sushi experience. Typically, the pairings are sake or wine; martinis rarely enter the picture. At Moody Tongue Sushi in the West Village, ...

The fine art of sushi isn’t something to take lightly—good chefs train for decades, and good sushi restaurants have customs all their own. This guide walks you through that training, how your sushi is ...

Don’t play with your food, create art instead. Takayo Kiyota is a chef who specializes in makizushi art, which is the artistic process of creating masterpieces out of sushi. Each individual tiny ...

Japanese chef Takayo “Tama-cha” Kiyota uses carefully arranged food to create cross-sectional sushi-roll art. Her subjects include everything from popular iconography to Japanese demons, but I’m ...

Last January, when correspondent Lucy Craft stopped by Chigusa Sushi, chef Haruo Gakuhari was still hanging out its cotton shingle. The Tokyo establishment has been open for 85 years, beckoning the ...