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Slurp! a Social and Culinary History of Ramen - Japan's Favorite Noodle Soup

Slurp! a Social and Culinary History of Ramen - Japan's Favorite Noodle Soup

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Food WritingCookbooks GeneralJapanese History

ISBN10: 9004218459
ISBN13: 9789004218451
Publisher: Brill
Published: Sep 3 2012
Pages: 290
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.60
Language: English
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.

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