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The Ramen King and I : How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed My Love Life
by Raskin, Andy
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- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1592404448
- ISBN 13
- 9781592404445
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Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Synopsis
For three days in January 2007, the most e-mailed article in The New York Times was Appreciations: Mr. Noodle, an editorial noting the passing, at age ninety-six, of Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant ramen. The very existence of the noodle inventor came as a shock to many, but not to Andy Raskin, who had spent nearly three years trying to meet Ando. Why? To fix the problems that plagued his love life. The Ramen King and I is the true story of Raskins colossal struggle to confront the truth of his dating life, and how Momofuku Ando served as his unlikely spiritual guide. Raskins quest leads him to some unexpected placesfrom the Wharton School and Kmart headquarters to the Instant Ramen Invention Museum and a funeral in a baseball stadium and he eats a lot of Japanese food. Along the way, hes spurred on by cinematic samurai warriors, manga-based chefs, and the author Haruki Murakami. Charting Raskins pursuit of the elusive Ando, The Ramen King and I unfolds partly through frank, revealing letters addressed to the culinary sage. After devouring Andos books and essays, with titles such as Peace Follows from a Full Stomach and Mankind Is Noodlekind, Raskin ultimately discovers that he has been suffering from what Ando identifiedjust before inventing instant ramenas the Fundamental Misunderstanding of Humanity. A unique memoir of hunger in its many forms, The Ramen King and I is about how we become slaves to our desires, and how to break free.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Ramen King and I : How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed My Love Life
- Author
- Raskin, Andy
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1592404448
- ISBN 13
- 9781592404445
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, Et Al
- This edition first published
- 2009-05
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