Sushi Shokunin: Japan's Culinary Masters
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In Japan, cooking often bears aesthetic value, and the making of sushi is exalted as one of the finest culinary crafts. In line with this ideal of food as art, the Japanese often employ the word shokunin, loosely defined as “artisan”, to refer to highly skilled sushi masters. Connoting excellence...
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A Brush with Excellence: Author Andrea Fazzari on Japan's Sushi Shokunin; By: Paul Feinstein, Fine Dining Lovers Online (USA), March 2021
L'art des sushis par les shokunin, Mint Magazine Online (France), November 2020
Shokunin: los 20 maestros del sushi; By: Raquel Azpíroz, L’Officiel Online (Mexico), October 2020
Sushi Shokunin: The Life of Sushi Masters, Japan Eats Podcast (USA), October 2020
Andrea Fazzari is a Tokyo-based, James Beard Award-winning photographer, author, director and dining consultant specializing in culture and travel. Andrea is the author, photographer and co-designer of Tokyo Chic (Assouline, 2023); Sushi Shokunin: Japan's Culinary Masters (Assouline, 2020); Tokyo New Wave: 31 Chefs Defining Japan's Next Generation (2018); and is the photographer and stylist of Aperitivo (2016) shot on location in Italy. She is a tastemaker in the book Hotel Stories (Assouline, 2013) and the photographer and global explorer on six continents for the Luxury Collection Destination Guides (Assouline, 2010).
Andrea is the recipient of the Lowell Thomas Gold Award for Travel Photography for her work in Argentina for Departures Magazine. She has photographed campaigns and projects for such companies as Cathay Pacific Airlines and Four Seasons Hotels, and for magazines such as Travel + Leisure, Vanity Fair, and Architectural Digest. Andrea was named one of Photo District News's "30 Photographers to Watch" in 2004. The publication also featured her as one of the year's best photographers in their 2017 Food Issue.
Before becoming a photographer, Andrea worked in fashion and film public relations for Giorgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, and Miramax Films. She has explored over ninety countries, and has lived – on her own – in seven. Fazzari is originally from Manhattan, and before finally moving to Japan, she lived in Italy, France, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Spain. Andrea speaks English, French, Italian and Spanish.
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Sushi Shokunin: Japan's Culinary Masters
$120
Page count
280 pages
Number of illustrations
over 200
Language
English
Released on
September 2020
Dimensions
W 9.8 x L 13 x D 1.4 in
Cover materials
Silk Hardcover
ISBN
9781614289395
Weight
5.0 lb
Author
Andrea Fazzari
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