A review by dray
Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint by Ivan Orkin, Chris Ying

4.0

Although i love recipe cookbooks, and this has some, the main event is how a new york guy came to be honored and respected in Tokyo for creating authentic ramen, which is quite a story. Between the lines you get a good dose of the history and culture of ramen from someone who truely honors the culture, which is awesome. Te last 2/5s of the book are recipes, which are also awesome. Besides deepening my knowledge about ramen i think the book imparted a desire to go to Ivan Ramen in NYC the next time I am there.