See a container of Cup Noodles at a convenience store and you might think of dorm rooms and cheap calories. But there was a time when eating from the product’s iconic packaging exuded cosmopolitanism, ...

A viral video exposing a cancer warning label on ramen noodles has sparked health concerns. The label, linked to California's Proposition 65, alerts consumers to potential cancer and reproductive harm ...

You’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. The origin story of the instant noodle, as told by its inventor, ...

There’s a special place in most of our hearts for instant ramen. Whether you have no time, no money, or no will to live, Cup Noodles is a comforting Styrofoam haven in a cruel world. But it’s ...