Contents
Preface
Note on transliteration
List of figures
Introduction
The temple of noodledom
1 Three sages walk into a restaurant and ... noodles
2 Court food versus common food
International Japan, foreign foods and isolation
4 Early modern noodles and the myth of ramen
5 The Meiji restoration : menu renovation on the road to ramen
6 Diplomacy and the desire to impress
7 Empire and Japanese cuisine
8 World War II cuisine : a world adrift 9 History at the dining table : postwar instant ramen
10 Ramen instant culture
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.