Instant Noodles and Beyond is a well written, illustrated, versatile cookbook with recipes developed (and illustrated) by Robin Ha. Due out 26th Aug 2026 from William Morrow on their Harvest imprint, it's 176 pages and will be available in paperback/softcover and ebook formats.
This is precisely what is promised on the cover: a graphic novel about everyone's favorite go-to instant noodles along with lots (and LOTS) of extra accompaniments, glow-ups, sides, and homemade condiments. The first section contains an interesting history with comments on ramen's development and differences in different countries to basic prep info and pantry lists. The recipes aren't arranged thematically, but it's a fun book to page through and read more or less cover to cover.
Recipe ingredients are given in a bullet list highlighted text bar (with a cute notebook paper graphic). Measurements are in imperial (American) units. Ingredients will be readily available in any grocery store in North America, though some will require an international grocery/Asian food store.
The book could use some better organization; the recipes aren't arranged in any real discernable order, there's no table of contents, so readers will want to employ post-it tabs or some other method of marking favorites. The author/publisher have included a cross referenced index, so that helps.
Four and a half stars. This would be an excellent choice for public library or home use. It's a solid recipe book which will be used. It would make a superlative housewarming gift to a friend or family member living on their own - college student, new graduate, newlyweds, kids flying the nest, etc.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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