California Hand Roll Recipe

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Sep. 19, 2007

IDEO : How To Roll California.
california hand roll
California roll....A form of sushi made with avocados, crabmeat, cucumbers and other ingredients wrapped in vinegared rice. It was supposedly created at a Japanese restaurant in Los Angeles named Tokyo Kaikan about 1973 for the American palate but has also gained popularity in Japan, where it is called kashu-maki, a literal translation of "California roll."
---Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink, John F. Mariani Lebhar-Friedman:New York 1999 (p. 53)