Slurp!

A Social and Culinary History of Ramen - Japan's Favorite Noodle Soup

• Author(s): Barak Kushner,
• Publisher: Global Oriental
• Pages: 289
• ISBN_10: 9004269274
  ISBN_13: 9789004269279
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Cooking / History , Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / Japanese , Cooking / Specific Ingredients / Pasta , Cooking / Courses & Dishes / Soups & Stews , Social Science / Customs & Traditions , Social Science / Popular Culture , Social Science / Agriculture & Food ,

Description:... Ramen, Japan's noodle soup, is a microcosm of Japan and its historical relations with China. The long evolution of ramen helps us enter the history of cuisine in Japan, charting how food and politics combined as a force within Sino-Japan relations. Cuisine in East Asia plays a significant political role, at times also philosophical, economic, and social. Ramen is a symbol of the relationship between the two major forces in East Asia - what started as a Chinese food product ended up almost 1,000 years later as the emblem of modern Japanese cuisine. This book explains that history - from myths about food in ancient East Asia to the transfer of medieval food technology to Japan, to today's ramen "popular culture."