The Ramen King and I: How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed My Love Life

Mankind is Noodlekind For three days in January 2007,the most e-mailed article in The New York Times was "appreciations: Mr.

noodle," an editorial noting the passing, at age ninety-six, of Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant ramen.

Ando's existence came as a shock to many, but not to Andy Raskin, who had spent three years trying to meet the noodle pioneer.