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Americans Ate Sushi In The Early 1900s

Sushi has been around in America longer than you might think. (amesis/Flickr)
Sushi has been around in America longer than you might think. (amesis/Flickr)

Take a walk through your local grocery store and chances are that on some refrigerated shelf you will find sushi. While this may be a recent addition to your grocers’ fridge, sushi has been around in America longer than you might think.

Here & Now’s Robin Young explores the history of sushi in America with H.D. Miller, food historian and professor of history at Lipscomb University.

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