Teach Me Sushi

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 and Volcano Rolls. Android users will find nothing of similar quality on the Android Market – at least not until later this year, when Teach Me Sushi is scheduled to release an Android version. Read More

I have always enjoyed sushi and thought it would be great to know how to make it. It looks too delicate of a skill, though, and I shrugged it off as an unlikely practice in my kitchen. That didn’t prevent a friend from gifting me supplies to make sushi this past holiday season, so I stood at that crossroad. My only experience at trying to roll sushi with my father was moderately successful, so I was optimistic that I could do it; yet in thinking about trying to do it independently, I found myself very apprehensive. So when the offer to review “Teach Me Sushi” for the iPad came up, I jumped at the chance. I hoped to assuage my reluctance of making a delicate treat that both the family and I could enjoy. Teach Me Sushi for iPad becomes your personal tutor, walking you through the beginning steps of selecting equipment, the preparation of  fish, rice, and vegetables, and also demonstarates 16 different styles of sushi: 1. Maki 2. Inside Out Roll 3. Futo Maki 4. Hand Roll 5. Nigiri 6. Rainbow Roll 7. Sashimi 8. Fashion Sandwich 9. Shrimp Tempura 10. Spicy Crunchy Tuna 11. Temari 12. Philadelphia Roll 13. Volcano Roll 14. California Roll 15. Vegetable Nigiri 16. Naruto Roll Each of the above menu items comes with a video by (what feels like) your personal chef, Jake, who is very specific, detailed, and reassuring in giving directions and tips. Most menu items also have a step-by-step set of written directions accompanied by pictures – when you no longer need the video. Because of the number of videos, the iPad edition has a hefty footprint of almost 1GB! However, it is because of these same videos that someone inexperienced should consider this app. The app comes with a menu at the bottom which has a handy calculator (see screenshots) that creates a shopping list based on what type of sushi you will want to prepare for a given number of people. Embedded in this calculator menu is a tab of “Where to buy” supplies which brings up a local google map search of local Japanese supermarkets (I didn’t know there were so many in my area). Also available in the bottom menu is a convenient timer for cooking the rice by Jake’s method – with a “gong” image and sound indicating when the time is up (a nice touch). Another Read More

Apple has compiled a list called their 2010 Rewind. In it, they have named the top Apps of the year, and gathered them all up into one page so that they can easily be found. Let’s take a look at their top Apps in each category. On this list, you will find Apple’s best apps of 2010. Everything from best iPhone games of 2010 to best educational apps of 2010. Note that these are not our picks (though many of our favorites did make the list) but it’s a compilation of Apple’s favorite Apps of the 2010. Let’s take a look at Apple’s iTunes 2010 rewind: Shoot, Edit, Share – Best of iPhone Camera Utility Apps of 2010 1) Hipstamatic – 99 cents      2) Path – Free 3) Instagram – Free 4) Pocketbooth – 99 cents 5) iMovie – $4.99      6) Splice – Video Editor – 99 cents 7) ReelDirector – $3.99 Infinicam – $1.99 9) MobileMonet – 99 cents 10) ToonCamera – $1.99 11) lo-mob – $1.99 12) iMut8r – 99 cents 13) ZombieBooth – 99 cents 14) SwankoLab – $1.99 15) StopMotion Recorder – 99 cents Augmented Reality – Best Augmented Reality Apps of 2010 1) Peak.ar – Free 2) Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner – $4.99 3) ARDefender – 99 cents 4) Golfscape GPS Rangefinder – $19.99 5) Nearest Wiki – $1.99 6) Spyglass – $3.99   7) AR Soccer – $1.99      Hidden Sky – $4.99      9) Theodolite Basic – $1.99      10) Yelp – Free      11) Style.com – Free      12) Explore 9/11 – Free      13) San Francisco Guide – $5.99 Fun for Foodies 1) Foodspotting – Free      2) Jamie’s Recipes – Free 3) Mario Batali Cooks! – $4.99 4) How to Cook Everything – $4.99      5) MasterChef Academy US – $4.99      6) Omaha Steaks – Free 7) Levi Roots – $6.99 Cook’s Illustrated – Free      9) Teach Me Sushi – $4.99 10) Good Food Quick Recipes – $2.99      11) Weber’s On the Grill – $4.99      12) Campbell’s Kitchen – Free      13) Gordon Ramsay Cook With Me – $4.99      14) Chow Thanksgiving Dinner Coach- Free      New News – Best News Apps of 2010 1) Pulse News Mini – Free 2) Reeder – $2.99      3) Blancspot: The Art of News – Free 4) NBC Nightly News – Free      5) PBS NEWSHOUR – 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 much more. My mouth is starting to water just thinking about it. One of the coolest features within this one is a shopping calculator. It will help you total the cost of all the ingredients you need to create that tasty roll you have your eye on. Of course, you can’t make sushi without the right gear, and this comprehensive app contains an equipment list to make sure you’re setup with the right stuff before you begin… Heck, the app even uses GPS mapping to point you in the direction of the closest Japanese supermarket. Good stuff! I’m starting to get real hungry, so I better leave it here for now. If I write any more about volcano rolls and shrimp tempura I’m going to order some up… I swear. This mouth-watering new app is available in the App Store right now for $4.99… that’s cheaper than your favorite roll at that Sushi joint around the corner. Teach Me Sushi Expert ($4.99) [iTunes link] James was born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada. Almost 15 years ago he started out in the 'real world' as a web and graphic designer. Through the years he has finely tuned his skills in SEO, internet marketing, conversion strategy, and project management. To date, he runs his own successful consulting business where he advises companies all over the globe. A co-founder of www.crackberry.com, and sole proprietor of www.mactropolis.com, James in recent years has become very active in the tech blogosphere. Online community building and strategy 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, taking into account our GPS position. Teach Me Sushi Expert also takes care of a problem that we usually have when cooking – how much to cook. It has a built-in shopping list calculator which we can use to decide how much of an ingredient to buy, depending on the number of people we want to feed. This version also had a FAQ video that answers four major queries based on the first app. The app has clean looking graphics and easy-to-use navigation. Teach Me Sushi Expert is a class act that you shouldn’t be missing out on. Read More

24 Jul 2010 alle 09:00 Ogni settimana Apple sceglie un’applicazione di successo, evidenziandola ulteriormente per farla conoscere alla maggior parte degli utenti AppStore. Questo servizio si chiama “App Della Settimana” e quella di oggi è:  Teach Me Sushi. Teach Me Sushi, come potrete ben capire dal nome è un’applicazione che vi insegnerà come cucinare e creare sushi in maniera impeccabile grazie a video guide passo passo, con la possibilità di consultare tutto l’occorrente e il tempo di cottura. Ecco le caratteristiche dell’applicazione: Una applicazione veramente utile per tutte donne che posseggono un iPhone o un iPod Touch per stupire i loro fidanzati o mariti con qualcosa di diverso . Potete scaricare Teach Me Sushi direttamenta dall’AppStore cliccando qui [Link iTunes - 3,99€] Read More

All sushi enthusiasts, listen up! Here is an app for you that is made-to-order on the App Store. Teach Me Sushi is just what the chef ordered for gourmets who delight in this particular food. For someone like me who falls in the gourmet category but is way off mark when it comes to cooking, sushi is not something that I would one fine day wake up and decide to make. But this app might just tempt me into trying, for it makes everything to do with sushi so simple. For starters, it has got visuals, and visuals speak way louder and better than text. Teach Me Sushi has 13 videos that have the A to Z of making sushi in a duration of 45 minutes. The app doesn’t make just the whole art of sushi easy, but itself is very simple to use and navigate. There are four buttons at the bottom of the screen – Menu, What You Need, Rice Timer, and More. The Menu button opens up all the major instructions. We can view the video for any item on the list, read the instructions for it, and also get more know-how on it. The next button (What You Need) takes care of all the ingredients and equipment we need, and goes the extra helpful mile to show us the nearest Japanese market on Google Maps. The Rice Timer feature is one that we cannot do without, and it takes care of that one detail that can make or ruin sushi. Teach Me Sushi at $4.99 may be pricier than most apps, but it is totally worth it. The interface is beautifully designed and the instructions clear-cut and simple. Have some patience with the hefty download, and we are on our way to sushi land with Jake. Now, only if he would teach us how to make sake, it would be a perfect combo. Read More

...Apps, iPad apps, iPhone 3G apps & iPod touch App Reviews iPhone App Reviews appSafari Top 25 Categories Store Giveaway Submit Help Teach Me Sushi Zoom User Reviews FEATURED APP Share I’m the very first to admit that when it comes to food, I’d much rather be on the eating end than the creating…it’s a lot less stressful and much more fun. As such, sushi lands in the realm of “stuff I... Read More