The noodle narratives : the global rise of an industrial food into the twenty-first century / Frederick Errington, Tatsuro Fujikura, and Deborah Gewertz.

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2013.

ix, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Instant noodles as quotidian and ubiquitous -- The taste of something good -- Japanese instant noodles in the market and on the mind -- What instant noodles reflect and affect in America -- Instant noodles for the bottom of the pyramid in Papua New Guinea -- Making (and unmaking?) a big food world -- Conclusion: Big food for a huge population?