Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes Good advice for most ramen shop chefs, and equally good advice for authors, is to avoid reading reviews on the internet. That said, the minute I picked up Ivan’s new cookbook and memoir, I went straight to the 1-star reviews. Of course, when you see that there are only…
ラーメン女子博 Ramen and the ladies have a rough history together. In the past, ramen was considered strictly dude-food, and to see a girl in a ramen shop was quite rare. While Tokyo’s 3rd wave cafes and Italian bistros became welcoming spots for any gender, ramen shops got dirtier, stinkier, and very male-centric. But girls want…