This week’s App Smart column helps sushi lovers navigate the confusing territory of the sushi menu, with photos, descriptions and other useful crutches. Those who’d actually like to prepare sushi should instead try Teach Me Sushi — which, for now, is only available on Apple devices. At $9 on iPad and $5 on iPhone the software isn’t cheap, but without the app, you could easily spend more than that amount of money on wasted food. The apps feature magazine-quality photography and well-shot videos that guide users through the preparation of basic maki, as well as some more difficult rolls. Teach Me Sushi is comprehensive, and includes help with such basic thing as calculating the amount of fish and rice to buy, and how to properly cook rice. Meanwhile, Teach Me Sushi Expert, also for $5 on iPhone, offers tutorials for an additional 8 types of (more challenging) sushi, like Shrimp Tempura Read More

I’ll be honest, I wouldn’t know where to start if I wanted to learn to make sushi. I love eating the stuff, and a good buddy of mine is actually an amazing sushi chef… But for me, sticky rice and wasabi don’t typically find a home in my kitchen. I can eat it (and love it), but that’s about it. Thankfully, if I ever DID want to learn how to make the stuff myself, yes, you guessed it… there’s an app for that. ‘Teach Me Sushi Expert’ is an easy to follow guide that shows you step-by-step how to make some great tasting (and looking) sushi. Yum! The app contains over 45 minutes of video, broken up into easy to digest 5 minute blocks. In all, 8 different types of rolls are found within, showing you clearly how to make delicious creations like the volcano roll, shrimp tempura, and oh so Read More

If you have Teach me Sushi on your iPhone, I’m sure that you won’t hesitate to get this follow-up app. Teach Me Sushi Expert brings to us 45 more minutes of sushi-making videos. These 45 minutes are divided into five minute sessions each, and they contain all we need to know about making eight different types of rolls. How does serving Volcano Rolls and Shrimp Tempura from your own kitchen sound to you? As in the first app, the video tutorials in Teach Me Sushi Expert give precise and details instructions on how to prepare each item. The equipment list takes care of all the things we need to have in hand before we begin to prepare the dish. It also includes the very important rice timer; it even tells us how long to steam the rice. Another useful feature is that it shows us where the nearest Japanese supermarket is, Read More