By far the best economics book that I have ever read. Granted, I'm no economist and haven't read many economics books that weren't required for college. Unlike other books, this is not chock full of dull theories, equations and graphs. It does a great job at explaining the history and economics of sushi, especially the global tuna industry. While it focuses on tuna, it would serve as a good macro-economics text as it shows how various things such as technology, weather, globalization, environmental restrictions, government, currency fluctuations, etc. impact an industry over time. ( )

I like books about the restaurant business and I'm interested in the sea and the history of commerce and commodities, and I like sushi, so that's why I grabbed the book off the library's new book shelves. I finished it in two days because it's pretty well written.

It takes you on a meandering tour of the sushi world, focusing on bluefin tuna, from the point of view of restauranteurs, auction houses, fishmongers, tuna ranchers (I certainly didn't know there was any such thing) and more. Each chapter introduces a specific person and describes what that person does in the global market.

I will keep the little Seafood Watch card in my wallet (which says I should avoid bluefin tuna anyway - which is fine because apparently it never comes near my local sushi joints, nor could I afford it if it did). But I will never imagine again that I can know where any fish came from. ( )