Minutes later, as I was in a bookstore, I stumbled upon this book, apparently just recently published. Late 2006. A sick coincidence? Of course not! An instant obit? Perhaps.
January 07, 2007
No More Ramen
On Jan.6, scouring the headlines while relaxing at a Borders Bookstore cafe, I saw Yahoo post an item: the inventor of instant noodles has died just the day before, at the age of 96. Faced with food shortages in post-WWII Japan, Momofuku Ando created an easy-to-make noodle product to help feed the masses. By 1958, the "instant" variety was born. Inevitably, Ando became a corporate celebrity in his homeland.
Minutes later, as I was in a bookstore, I stumbled upon this book, apparently just recently published. Late 2006. A sick coincidence? Of course not! An instant obit? Perhaps.
Minutes later, as I was in a bookstore, I stumbled upon this book, apparently just recently published. Late 2006. A sick coincidence? Of course not! An instant obit? Perhaps.
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