Do I Need a Rice Cooker to Make Sushi Rice?
This is one of the top questions I get about making sushi.Answer: You don’t have to, but you really should.I wish I could say something more supportive about cooking rice on a stove top, but I can’t. And lastmonth I finally found myself in a situation where it really was all that I had.The scene was the kitchen of a Washington island home where my uncle and his hungry friends (all twenty-five of whom had just finished two hours of lap swimming) gathered to celebrate his birthday and eat sushi. I stood before five pounds of fish, twenty cups of (dry) rice and no rice cooker.In the spirit of full-disclosure, let me state that …
