Inhalt: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: What is Sushi? -- One: Searching for the Origins of Sushi -- Two: Sushi in the Medieval Age -- Three: Cookbooks and Street Food: Sushi in the Early Modern Era -- Four: Sushi in Modern Japan, from Snack to Delicacy -- Five: the Global Spread of Sushi -- Six: Sushi Tomorrow? -- Glossary -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.