Overview
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."
- | Author: Barak Kushner
- | Publisher: Brill
- | Publication Date: Sep 03, 2012
- | Number of Pages: 310 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 9004269274
- | ISBN-13: 9789004269279
