Donate

Japanese noodles

Cups of cups of noodles, showing original Japanese packaging

How Cup Noodles became one of the biggest transpacific business success stories of all time

There was a time when eating out of Cup Noodle’s iconic packaging exuded cosmopolitanism.

Shio and Shoyu ramen

Here’s how a kid from Long Island became a king of Japanese ramen

Lifestyle & Belief
Shio and Shoyu ramen

Here’s how a kid from Long Island became a king of Japanese ramen

Lifestyle & Belief

There’s a street in Tokyo where the sushi is amazing, except you can’t eat it

Arts, Culture & Media

America may find itself without a friend in the world

Global Scan
Nothing like a plate of real buckwheat soba noodles.

George Washington was a big fan of soba and an LA woman believes you should be too

Arts, Culture & Media

If you think you know soba noodles, thing again. Most of the noodles in the US are mushy and tasteless. An LA chef wants Americans to get in touch with their inner buckwheat.

Where Chefs Eat

Arts, Culture & Media

A new 600-page guide called “Where Chefs Eat” highlights restaurants where some of the world’s best chefs like to dine. One of those places was Boston’s Sapporo Ramen.

The World

Geo answer

Arts, Culture & Media

The answer to our Geo Quiz is Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. That’s were the very first instant ramen noodle was invented. And today is the 50th anniversary of the instant noodle. To celebrate we speak with Mr. Toshiya Suganuma of Ippudo Restaurant in New York City about what it takes to make a good bowl of ramen.