An ode to the secretly best California roll, ... You have to look for very tiny things. ... “There’s one thing good and one thing bad about the Yama California roll,” Moreno said.

Smith wrote that since Seusa was credited in an Associated Press story with creating the roll, likely due to its being made with atypical sushi ingredients at the time like mayonnaise, and no one ...

The roll's provenance isn't as well known as its ingredients, but the most widely accepted origin story takes us pretty far from California — and more than 4,500 miles from Japan, for that matter.

“This is a nice story, but it’s unlikely to be true,” Smith wrote. “By the 1960s, Los Angeles had plenty of fish markets, and tuna and other sushi fish were brought in year-round.” ...

I was looking forward to ShopRite's California roll because it came with a spicy-mayonnaise drizzle. I was also pleasantly surprised by the amount of sushi in the package — I got 12 pieces for $11.

So, for him, California rolls, a fusion food, fit snugly into his menus. “At most of my Morimoto restaurants, we serve a California roll made with snow crab, cucumber, and avocado,” Morimoto says.

The California roll as it’s known today is made with a few common ingredients: avocado, cucumber and crabmeat (or imitation crabmeat) which come wrapped in seaweed and sushi rice.

So, for him, California rolls, a fusion food, fit snugly into his menus. “At most of my Morimoto restaurants, we serve a California roll made with snow crab, cucumber, and avocado,” Morimoto says.

So, for him, California rolls, a fusion food, fit snugly into his menus. “At most of my Morimoto restaurants, we serve a California roll made with snow crab, cucumber, and avocado,” Morimoto says.