TY - BOOK ID - 77937877 TI - Slurp! PY - 2012 SN - 1283602067 9786613914514 9004220984 9789004220980 9789004218451 9004218459 9781283602068 6613914517 PB - Leiden Boston Global Oriental DB - UniCat KW - Noodles KW - Pasta products KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science KW - Italian paste products KW - Macaroni products KW - Semolina products KW - Alimentary paste products KW - Wheat products KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77937877 AB - 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.” ER -