January 29, 2021

Marc Ross

Ramen | Brigadoon Weekend

January 29, 2021

Marc Ross

Brigadoon Weekend = Global Street Smarts
January 30, 2021

Ramen

This edition of Brigadoon Weekend is Ramen.

The rich, salty, and steaming bowl of noodle soup, ramen has become an international symbol of the cultural prowess of Japanese cuisine. From humble fuel for the working poor to an international icon of Japanese culture, ramen is now a $44.1 billion global market.

Ramen isn’t originally from Japan at all. It’s from China, and how it made the jump is still up for debate.

But this is certain, the creation of a black market for American wheat imports during the US occupation of Japan, plus the reindustrialization of Japan’s labor force during the Cold War, as well as the elevation of working-class foods in redefining national identity during the past two decades of economic stagnation, all have contributed to the establishment of ramen as a national dish.

RAMEN DEEP DIVE

The messy history of ramen: First We Feast writes, NYU professor George Solt discusses ramen’s complex history, tracing its evolution from the working man's fuel to international icon of Japanese culture.

The history of the ramen noodle by Sophie Brickman.

History of instant noodles according to the World Instant Noodles Association.

The best instant noodles, according to chefs, cookbook authors, and ramen fanatics by Anne Perling.

The official instant ramen power rankings according to the Los Angeles Times.

BRIGADOON WATCHES | RAMEN

Business Insider: How instant ramen became an instant success | billion dollar breakthrough

In 1958 Momofuku Ando developed a new food with the goal to help end hunger in Japan. You might be surprised to hear that that food was instant ramen. But ev...

Eater: Kazumoto Ochiai is one of Tokyo's ramen masters — first person

At Kaotan Ramen in Tokyo, chef Kazumoto Ochiai specializes in shoyu-based ramen which is deep in color and flavor, with chewy noodles, soft boiled eggs, toas...

BBC: Nigella Lawson's quick and easy Ramen recipe

Food Insider: The best ramen in LA | best of the best

Los Angeles is known for having an excellent variety of ramen, and we tried it all. There's everything from shio to Jiro to tsukemen, but only one can be dec...

Life Where I'm from: What owning a ramen restaurant in Japan is like

Come on behind the scenes and learn what being the owner of a ramen shop in Japan is like. If you like mini-documentaries like this, we'd love your support o...

BRIGADOON READS | BOOKS ON RAMEN

The Untold History of Ramen: How Political Crisis in Japan Spawned a Global Food Craze - George Solt

Japanese Soul Cooking: Ramen, Tonkatsu, Tempura, and More from the Streets and Kitchens of Tokyo and Beyond - Tadashi Ono

Ramen Otaku: Mastering Ramen at Home: A Cookbook - Sarah Gavigan

Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint - Ivan Orkin

Prison Ramen: Recipes and Stories from Behind Bars - Clifton Collins Jr.

BRIGADOON EVENTS

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | February 5, 2021

Brigadoon February Call | INTRA-Preneurship
Errol Gerson| Adjunct Professor @ Art Center
February 17, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | February 19, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | February 26, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | March 5, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | March 12, 2021

Brigadoon March Call | Customers are the Disruptors
Dr. Leigh George | CEO @ Freedom
March 17, 2021

Brigadoon April Call | Less Logic. More Magic.
Rory Sutherland - Vice Chairman @ Ogilvy UK
April 21, 2021

Brigadoon May Call | The Poetry of Leadership
Fateme Banishoeib | heARTist + Founder @ ReNewBusiness
May 19, 2021

Brigadoon June Call | Adventures with Fiat Pandas + Autogrills + Negronis
Matt Hranek | Founder + Editor @ Wm Brown Magazine
June 16, 2021

More details and passes - click here.

Thanks for supporting Brigadoon. See you next week.

-Marc

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January 27, 2021

Marc Ross

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January 27, 2021

Marc Ross

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January 23, 2021

Marc Ross

Paris Street Art | Brigadoon Weekend

January 23, 2021

Marc Ross

Brigadoon Weekend = Global Street Smarts
January 23, 2021

Paris Street Art

PARIS STREET ART DEEP DIVE

Walls have eyes: Itvan Kebadian’s art of protest: The Economist reports, his murals in Paris document clashes between demonstrators and police.

“I try to paint reality in reality”

Where to find the coolest street art in Paris: Urban Adventures writes, with some 130 museums in Paris, there is so much art to see, but what about the local, contemporary art that lies beyond the Louvre, Musée D’Orsay, or Musée Rodin?

Paris street art guide: Do a deep dive into Paris street art and you’ll find a messy collage of color, culture, and cheek. This tour of street art in Paris will show you four neighborhoods (and a few extra spots) for finding the best concentration of murals and graffiti in the city.

Neglected utopia: Laurent Kronental explores the forgotten modernist estates of Paris: On the outskirts of Paris lie the Grands Ensembles, large housing projects that were built from the 1950s onwards to address a housing crisis, urban migration, and the addition of thousands of migrants. Today, these vast futuristic estates are often stigmatized by the media and many look unfavorably upon them.

Art under lockdown: French street artist C215 adapts to quarantine: From Paris to New York, New Delhi to the West Bank, street artist Christian Guémy’s colorful murals can be found on walls worldwide. Under lockdown, though, the artist known as C215 has been separated from his favorite medium.

C215 made a stencil of Aïcha Issadounène, the first supermarket checkout worker to die of the coronavirus in France.

What qualifies as street art? “Street art is inherently hard to define. It is difficult to categorize as sometimes it can feature graffiti, or other times more image-based work. The former oftentimes features alongside the latter, but I would say some uniting elements include the use of stencils and/or elements of reproduction, allusions to and questioning of everyday visuals or slogans, and of course its ‘street’ setting—or indeed proximity to its roots.” -- Charlotte Raybaud, head of 20th-century evening sales at Phillips in Hong Kong.

Collecting guide: 5 things to know about street art: It’s not just about spray-painting subways, bus stops, and street corners these days. In tandem with an online sale, Trespassing, Christie’s' takes a look at how works by pioneers such as Haring, Stik, Banksy, and KAWS are finding their way into the home.

BRIGADOON WATCHES | PARIS STREET ART

Perspective: 3D street art in Paris

TATE Media: Street Art – Painting the City

Street Art - Painting the City is a documentary about the scene and is more of an educational tool than a full blown documentary. The film covers Paris, Lond...

2 Mains Productions: Art is in the street

Art is in the street: Today the terms street art, graffiti, and tag are omnipresent, but when we dig into the subject, no one agrees on the definitions. About twenty artists operating in the street as well as two enthusiasts speak in this documentary in order to give their definitions through the following themes: illegality, craze, galleries and evolution.

AFP: Coronavirus: Paris street artists stay home, let work haunt city walls

Even though confinement seems to have emptied Paris neighbourhoods, in the capital of street art paper characters continue to speak from the walls - and even...

TED: Use art to turn the world inside out

French street artist JR uses his camera to show the world its true face, by pasting photos of the human face across massive canvases. At TED2011, he makes his audacious TED Prize wish: to use art to turn the world inside out.

BRIGADOON READS | BOOKS ON PARIS STREET ART

The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti - Rafael Schacter

Obey: Supply & Demand – The Art of Shepard Fairey

Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art - Carlo McCormick

Graffiti Kings: New York Transit Art - Jack Stewart

Graffiti Women: Street Art from Five Continents - Nicholas Ganz

Japanese Graffiti - Ryo Sanada and Suridh Hassan

BRIGADOON EVENTS

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | January 29, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | February 5, 2021

Brigadoon February Call | INTRA-Preneurship
Errol Gerson| Adjunct Professor @ Art Center
February 17, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | February 19, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | February 26, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | March 5, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | March 12, 2021

Thanks for supporting Brigadoon. See you next week.

-Marc

Curation + commentary by Marc A. Ross | Founder @ Brigadoon

Brigadoon is always powerpoint free and conversation-driven for better insights and connections.

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+ Global street smarts
+ You'd be a great addition

January 16, 2021

Marc Ross

Walking Antarctica | Brigadoon Weekend

January 16, 2021

Marc Ross

Brigadoon Weekend = Global Street Smarts
January 16, 2021

Walking Antarctica

WALKING ANTARCTICA DEEP DIVE

A trip to Antarctica transformed Daniela Hernandez's life: The two-week journey triggered a long-lasting ‘quantum change’ affecting family, work, and more. The author set out to understand why that happened.

"In Antarctica, without the distractions of daily life, there was nowhere to hide from my own thoughts."

"@danielas_bot: This is why I love the Ice so much: It made me confront things I'd been running away from for a long time. I hope this is helpful to others going through hard times. Remember, you're not alone."

'One mistake and it's game over': One man's solo trek across Antarctica unaided: Colin O’Brady took on the elements, a relentless rival, and weeks of isolation as he walked solo and unassisted across the southernmost continent.

‘I’m absolutely elated. It’s a miracle we made it,’ says polar hero Louis Rudd: Recovering after his crossing, the explorer describes how he survived his grueling 56-day Antarctic trek.

The approach: In this together: The North Face athletes Hilaree Nelson, Conrad Anker, Jim Morrison, and Jimmy Chin spent the month of January 2020 together on an expedition in Antarctica. Success is often remembered as achieving the summit. But as the team reached the top of Mt. Vinson and prepared to descend, unexpected conditions and risky circumstances revealed success to be something a bit different: survival.

"Success is often measured by what we ski and what we summit, however in this case we found success in making the right decisions to try another time."

BRIGADOON WATCHES | VIDEOS ON WALKING ANTARCTICA

PBS NewsHour: How Colin O'Brady mentally prepared for his Antarctic feat

There have been many expeditions on the frozen continent of Antarctica, but Colin O'Brady's 54-day solo trek across more than 930 miles without any assistanc...

CBS News: Expedition Antarctica

More than 30 years ago, Robert Swan became the first man to walk to both the North and South Poles. In 2017, he found himself back on the ice, trekking 600 m...

Antarctica Q+A with Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, Hilaree Nelson, and Jim Morrison

The North Face athletes Hilaree Nelson, Conrad Anker, Jim Morrison, and Jimmy Chin spent the month of January 2020 together on an expedition in Antarctica.

BRIGADOON READS | BOOKS ON WALKING ANTARCTICA

Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica - Sara Wheeler

The Worst Journey in the World - Apsley Cherry-Garrard

The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole - Roland Huntford

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing

Forgotten Footprints: Lost Stories in the Discovery of Antarctica - John Harrison

BRIGADOON EVENTS

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | January 22, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | January 29, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | February 5, 2021

Brigadoon Monthly Call | INTRA-Preneurship
Errol Gerson| Adjunct Professor @ Art Center
February 17, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | February 19, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | February 26, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | March 5, 2021

Brigadoon Whiteboard Call | March 12, 2021

Brigadoon Monthly Call | Customers are the Disruptors
Dr. Leigh George | CEO @ Freedom
March 17, 2021

Brigadoon Monthly Call | Less Logic. More Magic.
Rory Sutherland - Vice Chairman @ Ogilvy UK
April 21, 2021

Brigadoon Monthly Call | The Poetry of Leadership
Fateme Banishoeib | heARTist + Founder @ ReNewBusiness
May 19, 2021

Brigadoon Monthly Call | Adventures with Fiat Pandas + Autogrills + Negronis
Matt Hranek | Founder + Editor @ Wm Brown Magazine
June 16, 2021

More details and passes - click here.

Thanks for supporting Brigadoon. See you next week.

-Marc

Curation + commentary by Marc A. Ross | Founder @ Brigadoon

Brigadoon is always powerpoint free and conversation-driven for better insights and connections.

More @ thebrigadoon.com

Why be a Brigadoon Member?

+ Business intelligence
+ Extraordinary networking
+ Global street smarts
+ You'd be a great addition