For Western audiences, sushi might have an air of mystique around it. For starters, it's a sharp departure from dominant food traditions: raw fish isn't exactly a staple in most American kitchens.

Just like any other restaurant, there are better times to visit a sushi restaurant than others. Whether going out for lunch or dinner, these are the best times to head out to a local sushi restaurant.

A bowl filled with ice and salmon sashimi - 9Witgiggs/Shutterstock When it comes to dishes that intimidate home cooks, few spring to mind faster than serving raw meat and fish — whether it's a tuna ...

Chef Fumio Azumi opens his first solo sushi counter, Osusume Fumio, in Atwater Village after two decades quietly helping to ...

Seafood and sushi eaters are navigating troubled waters these days. Ever since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned imports of certain farmed fish and shellfish from China last month, seafood ...

Yes, Nashville is landlocked. And if you’ve been here 10+ years, you know this deep in your bones — good sushi used to be ...

Sushi was maligned before it went mainstream in the U.S. I’ve rewatched the 1985 movie “The Breakfast Club” at least a dozen times, and I always cringe when bad boy character John Bender (Judd Nelson) ...

Sushi may be synonymous with Japan, but it didn’t begin there. Its earliest form traces back centuries along the Mekong River, in Southern China, Laos and northern Thailand. Sushi was originally ...