A snowboarder since 1977, Cary Acord practices several other outdoor sports including mountain biking, paragliding, and kitesurfing. Standup paddle boarding is another favorite of his, and he placed first in OC2 men’s division in the NorCal's Half Moon Bay Race in 2004. An adventurous eater, sushi is one of Cary Acord’s favorite dishes.
While sushi is considered Japanese, its origins can be traced back to Southeast Asia in the second century AD. Both meat and fish were cured and then wrapped in rice as a method of preservation that outlasted curing alone by several months. The method eventually gained acceptance in China and finally arrived in Japan, where the Japanese began to ferment the rice and fish with sake (rice wine).
After another millennium of time had passed, vinegar replaced wine, and this greatly sped up the fermentation process. It wasn’t until the 1820s that the Japanese began serving sushi using raw fish, known as the Edo-style. After another century, Tokyo was full of street vendors peddling nigiri-sushi, which is raw fish sitting on top of shaped rice. After World War II, modern restaurants replaced street vendors due to sanitation concerns, and today consumers enjoy the nigiri-sushi style worldwide.
