| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 289 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Temple of Noodledom -- Three Sages Walk into a Restaurant and ... Noodles -- Court Food versus Common Food -- International Japan, Foreign Foods and Isolation -- Early Modern Noodles and the Myth of Ramen -- The Meiji Restoration: Menu Renovation on the Road to Ramen -- Diplomacy and the Desire to Impress -- Empire and Japanese Cuisine -- World War II Cuisine: A World Adrift -- History at the Dining Table: Postwar Instant Ramen -- Ramen Popular Culture -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Based on research in Chinese and Japanese, as well as interviews with comedians, food service professionals, entertainment managers, store-owners, customers, and scholars of food history, Kushner explores the history of ramen and Japan's noodle culture over the last 1,000 years |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-284) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Noodles -- Japan
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Noodles -- Japan -- History
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Pasta products -- Japan -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science.
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Noodles
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Pasta products
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004220980 |
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9004220984 |
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1283602067 |
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9781283602068 |
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9786613914514 |
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6613914517 |
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