New York: Gotham / Penguin, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Although written with humor, there is a lot of wisdom in this story: an American journeys to Japan seeking guidance from Japanese billionaire Momofuku Ando--the father of instant ramen noodles, created in 1958 in his backyard --in a memoir which explores all types of hunger and how to break free of them. INSCRIBED on the title page - C -- Mankind is noodlekind! (Womankind too!)" and dated 4/19/09 (a month before its official publication date of May, 2009.) Bibliography. 292 pp. ISBN: 1592404445.