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Product Description
A unique and edgy cookbook, Prison Ramen takes readers behind bars with more than 65 ramen recipes and stories of prison life from the inmate/cooks who devised them, including celebrities like Slash from Guns n’ Roses and the actor Shia LaBeouf.
Instant ramen is a ubiquitous food, beloved by anyone looking for a cheap, tasty bite—including prisoners, who buy it at the commissary and use it as the building block for all sorts of meals. Think of this as a unique cookbook of ramen hacks. Here’s Ramen Goulash. Black Bean Ramen. Onion Tortilla Ramen Soup. The Jailhouse Hole Burrito. Orange Porkies—chili ramen plus white rice plus ½ bag of pork skins plus orange-flavored punch. Ramen Nuggets. Slash’s J-Walking Ramen (with scallions, Sriracha hot sauce, and minced pork).
Coauthors Gustavo “Goose” Alvarez and Clifton Collins Jr. are childhood friends—one an ex-con, now free and living in Mexico, and the other a highly successful Hollywood character actor who’s enlisted friends and celebrities to contribute their recipes and stories. Forget flowery writing about precious, organic ingredients—these stories are a first-person, firsthand look inside prison life, a scared-straight reality to complement the offbeat recipes.
Top Reviews
So many good recipes. I'm an English teacher in an urban ...by Michael P. Furey (5 out of 5 stars)
January 12, 2017
So many good recipes. I'm an English teacher in an urban setting. I bought enough Ramen for all my students and had each select a recipe. They made "How To..." writing pieces and videos and "Ramen Review" articles for their recipes. They had a blast and still were completing technical and descriptive writing. More importantly, there's no such thing as bad Ramen!
Heads up
by AG (5 out of 5 stars)
February 7, 2016
Great book, but just a heads up, if you're buying this for an incarcerated loved one they might not be allowed to have it. Apparently there's some hooch recipes in there, who knew? Haha. Probably my bad for not putting in the research, really just thought it was food only recipes. Don't make the same mistake I did!
catchy artwork, interesting stories/recipes
by A. Locke (4 out of 5 stars)
January 24, 2018
Good stories and recipes (if you have mostly ramen/ commissary at your disposal)..but definitely not allowed in Texas prisons! I had it returned to me, luckily. So, I made copies of some of the recipes and sent them to the person in jail. I think some of the celebrity stories are a joke too -- those who spent one night in jail wouldn't have even been making ramen recipes! (or slash, who spent the night riding around on a jail bus -- why does he have a story in here..did someone make it up and sign his name to it?)
Husband Loves It, Great Purchase
by allthatglittersisgold (5 out of 5 stars)
June 20, 2018
I sent this to my husband who is in the county jail. He loves to cook, and I was looking for something new and different to send him, so when I saw this, I had to order it. One reviewer said they could not send it to their loved one because there is a recipe for hooch in it, but I had no problems. All the guys with my husband think it is great as well. Definitely recommend.
Fascinating and Filling
by C.M. (5 out of 5 stars)
September 1, 2016
I read about this book this morning (9/1/16) in an article about ramen in prison in the Washington Post and I've seen on prison shows. This book gives a great perspective from "behind the bars". I did try some of the recipes and they're really good! Some were a little spicy but that was easy to change. I love making salads with ramen so these are a whole different twist. Yes I have a good many ramen cookbooks but this was not just a cookbook! Thank you for the life lessons.
Excellent storytelling, fun recipes.
by Fabio Brocco (5 out of 5 stars)
April 20, 2017
It's a fun recipe book about the various ways of prepping ramen. Some of these recipes are really creative and sound tasty and hardy. I guess you get creative while in prison.
The stories in the book range from riots and gang activity to the incredibly mundane. I found the book did an excellent job of portraying the author's experience in the US prison system. There were a wide range of activities that someone 'from the outside' wouldn't think of and the whole book was very thought provoking, and made me think about the liberties, freedoms, and luxuries I have in my everyday life.
Ooodles of noodles
by miznic (5 out of 5 stars)
October 30, 2016
Whoever came up with the idea to print this book out was on point. I'm not sure if I'll ever try any of the recipes in there, but the backstories were fun to read. If you're expecting a Rachael Ray/Ina Garten-type book, don't bother with this one. This is the book Anthony Bourdain probably would have written if he'd been locked up in Pelican Bay on a murder one charge. lol
I sent this book to a friend who's in the ...
by Ani (5 out of 5 stars)
April 19, 2018
I sent this book to a friend who's in the La county currently. Some reviews suggested that the book might not be delivered because it has some hooch recipes in there but I was received and well appreciated!
and in good condition. I purchased it because of both the ...
by ViciousJawa (3 out of 5 stars)
December 11, 2015
The book arrived promptly, and in good condition. I purchased it because of both the article on NPR as well as really enjoying Clifton Collins JR in Boondock Saints 2. I like reading about food, and I was looking for something to broaden my horizons as well as helping me cheapen the cost of cooking. It is a good read, and I definitely recommend it, but I'd get it from the library first if I were you.
SPOILERS AHEAD: The thing that REALLY disappointed me was the book was primarily filler: full of recipes from celebrities and random individuals that it felt to me hadn't had any really real prison experience. Example: Taryn Manning. Actress, sure she's on Orange is the New Black, so some relevance there, but her article was just one night in the drunk tank and her recipe was just the directions on the back of a ramen package. A massive letdown.
There were some great ones though. Shia Labeouf's article was a good read, Danny Trejo was awesome as always, and Gustavo 'Goose' Alvarez's stories were humbling, chilling, and made me incredibly grateful for the lot I have. He provides a great insight into survival and the lengths people go to make it a single day, and to just how quickly the tides can turn.
No Concealed Weapons Allowed in Texas State prison
by Myra Marshall (1 out of 5 stars)
May 3, 2019
This book is not allowed in the Texas State prison. There is a prison story about how to conceal a weapon. The book has to be destroyed or returned. It should be a free return but evidently that's not how the prison system works. There's no list of approved books for Tx State prison that's available for the public to see. I do appreciate Amazon mailing books to the prison, wish I knew what the approved reading list is.
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