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This extraordinary collection, a trove of enchanting designs, appealing colors, and forgotten motifs that stir the imagination, features an unprecedented assortment of ephemera, or paper collectibles, related to food. It includes images of postcards, match covers, menus, labels, posters, brochures, valentines, packaging, advertisements, and other materials from nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Internationally acclaimed food historian William Woys Weaver takes us on a lively tour through this dazzling collection in which each piece tells a new story about food and the past. Packed with fascinating history, the volume is the first serious attempt to organize culinary ephemera into categories, making it useful for food lovers, collectors, designers, and curators alike. Much more than a catalog, Culinary Ephemera follows this paper trail to broader themes in American social history such as diet and health, alcoholic beverages, and Americans abroad. It is a collection that, as Weaver notes, will "transport us into the vicarious worlds of dinners past, brushing elbows with the reality of another time, another place, another human condition."

Printed ephemera --- Food habits --- Cooking, American --- Dinners and dining --- Ephemera, Printed --- Ephemeral printing --- Printing, Ephemeral --- Street literature --- Food. --- History. --- 19th century. --- 20th century. --- advertisements. --- america. --- beauty. --- brochures. --- collection. --- collectors. --- cuisine. --- culinary. --- curators. --- decorators. --- designers. --- designs. --- diet and health. --- food collectibles. --- food historians. --- food history. --- food labels. --- food lovers. --- food packaging. --- food stories. --- food. --- history. --- human condition. --- illustrated. --- images. --- kitchen setting. --- lively. --- match covers. --- menus. --- motifs. --- paper collectibles. --- past foods. --- postcards. --- posters. --- social history. --- valentines.

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Tasty, convenient, and cheap, instant noodles are one of the most remarkable industrial foods ever. Consumed around the world by millions, they appeal to young and old, affluent and impoverished alike. The authors examine the history, manufacturing, marketing, and consumption of instant noodles. By focusing on three specific markets, they reveal various ways in which these noodles enable diverse populations to manage their lives. The first market is in Japan, where instant noodles have facilitated a major transformation of post-war society, while undergoing a seemingly endless tweaking in flavors, toppings, and packaging in order to entice consumers. The second is in the United States, where instant noodles have become important to many groups including college students, their nostalgic parents, and prison inmates. The authors also take note of "heavy users," a category of the chronically hard-pressed targeted by U.S. purveyors. The third is in Papua New Guinea, where instant noodles arrived only recently and are providing cheap food options to the urban poor, all the while transforming them into aspiring consumers. Finally, this study examines the global "Big Food" industry. As one of the food system's singular achievements, the phenomenon of instant noodles provides insight into the pros and cons of global capitalist provisioning.

Noodles -- Social aspects -- Japan. --- Noodles -- Social aspects -- Papua New Guinea. --- Noodles -- Social aspects -- United States. --- Noodles industry -- Social aspects -- Japan. --- Noodles industry -- Social aspects -- Papua New Guinea. --- Noodles industry -- Social aspects -- United States. --- Noodles industry --- Noodles --- Business & Economics --- Industries --- Social aspects --- Alimentary paste products --- Pasta industry --- E-books --- 21st century. --- anthropologists. --- asian foods. --- capitalism. --- cheap foods. --- consumers. --- cross cultural. --- cultural anthropology. --- demographic studies. --- diverse populations. --- food and culture. --- food consumption. --- food historians. --- food industry. --- food manufacturing. --- food marketing. --- food production. --- globalization. --- industrial food. --- instant noodles. --- japan. --- nonfiction. --- noodles. --- papua new guinea. --- postwar society. --- poverty. --- prison inmates. --- social science. --- united states. --- us purveyors.