WorldWarIIwasover,butinJapan,linesforasimplebowloframennoodleswounddownthesidewalk.WhatMomofukuAndodidnextwouldchangefoodforever.AndreaWang,authorofWatercress(aNewberryhonorbookandwinneroftheCaldecottMedal),tellsthetruestorybehindthecreationofoneoftheworld’smostpopularfoods.“Aninspiringstoryofpersistenceandanidealpurchaseforanycollection.“SchoolLibraryJournal,STARREDreview2021NutmegBookAwardsNomineeWinnerofthe2020SakuraAwardReadAcrossAmericaBookoftheMonth,May2021CenterforMulticulturalChildren’sLiteratureBestBookof2019ListSmithsonianMagazine’10BestChildren’sBooksof2019′ListEveryday,MomofukuAndowouldretiretohislab--alittleshedinhisbackyard.Foryears,he’ddreamedaboutmakinganewkindoframennoodlesoupthatwasquick,convenient,andtastyforthehungrypeoplehe’dseeninlineforabowlontheblackmarketfollowingWorldWarII.Peacefollowsfromafullstomach,hebelieved.Dayafterday,Andoexperimented.Nightafternight,hefailed.ButAndokeptexperimenting.Withpersistence,creativity,andalittleinspiration,Andosucceeded.Thisisthetruestorybehindoneoftheworld’smostpopularfoods.
