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    <body><![CDATA[I think anyone would enjoy this book, not just hard core sushi fiends.  Who knew the evolution of fish was so interesting?  I enjoyed following the students progress through the California Sushi Academy. Coincidentally I have been planning to take a one day intro to sushi class at the same location....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55275829">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is such a great documentary of sushi.  The author creatively blends the historical facts with bits of a novel to keep the lessons entertaining.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I already know quite an extensive amount about sushi so I was more interested in reading about the experiences of the students, however these characters are really used as a literacy device to introduce the history of sushi and its ingredients and don’t serve much other purpose.  This would have b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43080879">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A much better read compared to The Sushi Economy. I loved Corson's Secret Life of Lobsters so when I spotted the Zen of Fish whilst wandering amongst the food lit shelves in the library, I just had to borrow it. The Zen of Sushi is part crash course in EEB, part culinary history on the evolution of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40061035">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[How I Came To Read This Book: I received this book for free from Harper Collins First Look in Spring of 2007.<br/><br/>The Plot: The book is nonfiction, yet it still has a plot - Trevor Corson follows three aspiring sushi chefs at a flailing sushi restaurant/school hybrid in California. Kate is a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25454891">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ I had planned to read The Zen of Fish by Trevor Corson for the Spring Reading Thing but here it is summer, so I didn't quite make that deadline. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and will probably be giving copies of it as presents to my fellow sushi lovers.<br/><br/>Trevor Corson sp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23716997">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[From Publishers Weekly:<br/><br/>Corson (The Secret Life of Lobsters) spent months at a &quot;sushi school&quot; run out of a Japanese restaurant in Hermosa Beach, Calif., observing the students as they learned how to prepare a seemingly endless variety of fish. Although the reporting focuses prim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12929440">more...</a>]]></body>
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