"Japanese Food Culture on the Global Stage: Part II:  The World's Longest California Roll"

Food historians generally credit Ichiro Manashita, of the Tokyo Kaikan restaurant in Los Angeles, with "inventing" the California roll. Although the exact date on when the California roll made its culinary debut is undocumented, according to gastronomical lore, this unique hybridization of Japanese sushi was available on cutting edge menus starting in the early 1970s. The "California roll" is popularly defined as sushi made with avocados, crabmeat, cucumbers and other ingredients wrapped in vinegar rice. The roll has also gained popularity in Japan, where it is called kashu-maki, a literal translation of "California roll."

Here is YOUR chance to make food history by participating in the attempt to make a new world record for the LONGEST CALIFORNIA ROLL. Here is a listing of official and unofficial records for longest sushi rolls in the world. Can we beat it?

With fifty-six tables, you can sign up as an individual ("unaffiliated") or as part of a team (students groups, community organizations, etc.) with a team leader for each table. Please go to https://ucbgraduation.wufoo.com/forms/m7x3a7/ to sign up to be a world record setter.

In addition, feel free to email CJS Chair Duncan Williams at duncanw@berkeley.edu if you want to create your own team. The team leaders need to report to their tables at 11:30 am on November 8th and will also be responsible for attending a mandatory practice roll at 8 pm on Tuesday, October 27th at the Unit 1 Residential Halls All-Purpose Room (basement of Unit 1 - located at College/Bowditch and Durant/Channing).

After creating the longest California roll at noon and documenting its length as a certified world record, we will all have the chance to eat the results! This event is co-presented with Cal Dining and the many food sponsors who have contributed the ingredients.

The current record is 300 feet, and was set in Maui, Hawaii in 2001. Let's bring the California roll record back to Cal!