California rolls are an Americanized twist on sushi stuffed with avocado, real or imitation crab, and cucumber. But where ...

Some credit it to Ichiro Mashita, a sushi chef that worked in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo in the 1960s, while others say master sushi chef Ken Suesa invented it in a restaurant near Hollywood.

One popular theory credits Japanese chef Ichiro Mashita, who worked at Tokyo Kaikan restaurant in Los Angeles during the early 1970s. Mashita substituted avocado, plentiful in California ...

Some say it was first served in 1960s Los Angeles and created by chef Ichiro Mashita. Or it may have come from Vancouver, Canada, where Hidekazu Tojo is said to have developed the dish.