Sushi before the California Roll

Trevor Corson

is the author of

The

Story of Sushi: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice

. He explains where sushi originated, how it was served and what the word sushi means.

Noritoshi Kanai is a Japanese-American businessman who is credited with first bringing sushi to the United States. In 1963 he persuaded a friend who owned a restaurant in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo to open a sushi bar. It was the first sushi restaurant in the US.

Music: "Il N'est Point de Sot Metier, Part 2" by La Maison Tellier