DOES THE INVENTOR OF INSTANT RAMEN POSSESS THE SECRET TO LOVE AND HAPPINESS? Confronting his romantic past, Andy Raskin uncovers a pattern of infidelity and betrayal. Despair—and a bizarre series of adventures involving Japanese food—lead him to adopt Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant noodles, as an unlikely spiritual guide. Spurred on by a stubborn sushi chef, a TV game show, and a sculpture in the Kmart headquarters parking lot, Raskin sets out to meet Ando—-and to find the key to a successful committed relationship. A memoir of hunger in its many forms, The Ramen King and I is about how we become slaves to our desires, and how to break free.