The Nobu Cookbook

seared albacore with onion salsa from the Nobu cookbook and various makizushi (yes, with a "z") made at home












I posted "Making something new from the Nobu cookbook" on my Facebook status update and my sister wrote back, "What's Nobu cooking?" When I read the reply, I nearly fell out of my seat! Why had I not told her about this cook book before?

Nobu is the great sushi restaurant in Los Angeles and one of the hardest restaurants in the world to get into. It's owned by Chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa. There are now several Nobu restaurants, and Nobu had a cook book published in 2001 and a copy came with my husband when we got married (along with a washer and dryer and a bunch of junk). I use the book often to make a recipe for onion salsa that is excellent with grilled albacore. Most of the ingredients are exotic and somewhat intimidating - like I'm EVER going to kill and clean an octopus in my kitchen - but it's sure interesting! The sauce recipes are plentiful and simple, and there are good marinade and appetizer ideas in the book.

Nobu Cookbook