Slurp! : a social and culinary history of ramen - Japan's favorite noodle soup /
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.
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Leiden ; Boston :
Global Oriental,
2012.
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Table of 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.
