The Humble Origins of Instant Ramen: From Ending World Hunger to Space Noodles [Food]

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About 4,000 of the 5,000 terrible cliches about instant ramen begin with starving college students. As Karen Leibowitz explains in Lucky Peach, Momofuku Ando didn't aim to stuff hungry co-eds with his creationhe wanted to end world hunger.More Read More ...