The Noodle Narratives: The Global Rise of an Industrial Food Into the Twenty-First Century

"This magnificent book follows the invention, production, and consumption of the ever-popular instant ramen noodles around the world. Here we have ethnography at its best- the authors present a wonderfully appealing topic while also addressing the public issues and global inequalities surrounding it." --Niko Besnier, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, University of Amsterdam"The Noodle Narratives calls long overdue attention to an ubiquitous industrial product hiding in plain sight. This creative and readable book delivers a welcome and original contribution to the history of food and the anthropology of globalization." --Robert Foster, author of Coca-Globalization: Following Soft Drinks from New York to New Guinea