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Rice Vinegar: The Sourness That Was Once Sake Every bottle of Japanese rice vinegar is a wine that went the wrong way on purpose. Before it ever touches a grain of sushi rice, it is the end of two fermentations stacked on top of each other — and the quiet foundation beneath half the Japanese table. Pour a little int...

The Rice Was Always the Point: Shari and the Hidden Half of Sushi Every conversation about sushi begins with the fish. But ask a master what defines their craft, and the answer is almost always the rice — its temperature, its seasoning, and the vinegar that has quietly shaped Edo-style sushi for over two hundred yea...