Word: ramen
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...health-insurance policy. A 2006 paper that tracked mortality over an eight-year period found that people who never married were 58% likelier to die during that time than married folks were. And no wonder. Marriage means no more drinking at singles' bars until closing, no more eating uncooked ramen noodles out of the bag and calling it a meal. According to a 2004 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), married people are less likely to smoke or drink heavily than people who are single, divorced or widowed. These sorts of lifestyle changes are known...
Food-loving people who don't run hedge funds may have had enough, though. In May the James Beard Awards named David Chang the Rising Star Chef of the Year. His restaurant, the packed Momofuku Noodle Bar in New York City, serves huge bowls of ramen...
...epiphany. This was me: I had no money, I lived in a tiny apartment; in all essentials I was Laurie Colwin. My reading inspired me to forsake my nutritional but meatless diet for one that involved filet mignon and red wine on payday and a strict diet of ramen for the second half of every week. This is the danger and the beauty of food writing. It influences your daily life by changing your own relationship to food—and it can become addictive itself. Prompted by the release of “Ratatouille,” I attempted...
...rounds of different food. “I got to the final round and I had a reversal of fortunes” he says. “Fortunately, they had buckets.” Last Saturday, he competed in the “Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution World Ramen Noodle Eating Championship” held at the Nintendo World store in Rockefeller Center. In front of a packed crowd of anime junkies and kids, Mih managed to put away 6-7 pounds of ramen before he “hit the wall.” Entering into a ninja...
...reminiscent of an airplane emergency pamphlet, is a bit tough to navigate. The appetizer tidbits they call “side dishes” are good enough, but the most reliable meals are those involving noodles—after all, the place is masquerading as a noodle bar. The ramen noodles, which are served in a traditional large bowl with a mini-ladle, swim in various soups that make them wonderfully conducive to slurping. The kare noodles, which come in a coconut-based soup, are uneventful but satisfying. Your best bet is the moyashi soba (whole wheat), #27. It?...