Duckworth, in calling the Roll Call cartoon offensive and “really troubling” said, “In some poor attempt to comment on the age of some senators, this cartoon inherently is ageist and ableist.

One is Ichiro Mashita, a Los Angeles-based sushi chef at a restaurant called Tokyo Kaikan. The story goes that along with his assistant, Teruo Imaizumi, Mashita created the California roll because ...

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.

However, some claim the California roll may not have originated in California at all. Hidekazu Tojo, a Japanese-Canadian sushi chef, insists he is the true inventor. Tojo, who moved to Vancouver ...

It’s also possible the California roll’s inventor wasn’t even in the Golden State at all. Japanese-Canadian sushi chef Hidekazu Tojo says he is the true pioneer of the California roll, which ...

The California 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 ...

But Tojo swears that despite the name confusion, the dish we know today as the California roll was created 50 years ago with his own two hands. “In Japan you have pride,” the chef told Food52.

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.