When this assignment was first given to us, I did not think hard before choosing my original topic.  I decided to do my annotated bibliography on avocados.  Avocados are delicious, healthy, versatile, and have been used for centuries for a variety of purposes; however, I feel that the topic would have been too broad for an annotated bibliography.  Thus, I decided to change my topic to a type of cuisine that avocados are commonly found in: sushi.

While compiling my sources for sushi, I discovered a common theme among many of the links, texts, and videos.  The etiquette of eating sushi is almost as important as the food itself.  In Japanese culture, honor and respect is stressed heavily in all stages of life, especially towards elders, who, not coincidentally, make up the majority of the ‘master sushi chef’ population.  I began to think about my topic once again, and I realized that sushi is also quite a broad topic.  So I have decided to change my topic once again to the etiquette of sushi.  This specifically involves the different customs that revolve around sushi, such as how to eat different types of sushi, condiment usage, and ways to show respect to the sushi chef, among other things.  The following links, which are also two of my sources for the bibliography, do an accurate job of describing most of the customs of sushi-eating:

Link 1: How to Eat Sushi

Link 2: Sushi Etiquette

Finally, I have a question for my classmates.  What do you think about my new topic compared to my previous two?  Do you think it is unique and specific enough to warrant an entire annotated bibliography?  Is my topic now too specific?