Gustavo "Goose" Alvarez

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"Prison Ramen, a 2015 paperback of recipes with ingredients widely available in prison stores, is currently the most banned book, disallowed in prisons across 19 states." @ccollinsjr @Alvarezgus73 #PrisonRamen 📖🍜 theguardian.com/us-news/2023/n…

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"One prime example of this is Clifton Collins, Jr. and Gustavo “Goose” Alvarez’s cookbook Prison Ramen, which is the most banned book in America and banned in 19 state prison systems." @ccollinsjr @Alvarezgus73 #PrisonRamen 📖🍜 time.com/6329800/prison…

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..."Security is cited as the rationale for the most censored title in the country. Prison Ramen is a cookbook that offers ramen recipes that people can make in their cells and is banned in 19 state prison systems." @ccollinsjr @Alvarezgus73 #PrisonRamen 📖 pen.org/report/reading…

"The most commonly banned title on the list, "#PrisonRamen: Recipes and Stories from Behind Bars" (2016) was co-written by American actor Clifton Collins Jr. and Gustavo “Goose” Alvarez - a former prisoner himself." @ccollinsjr @Alvarezgus73 euronews.com/culture/2023/1…

"The most banned book was #PrisonRamen Recipes and Stories from Behind Bars” by @ccollinsjr and @Alvarezgus73, a collaboration between an actor and former inmate that examines different ways to cook ramen noodles." 📖🍜 thehill.com/homenews/educa…

If the prison system took instant ramen out of commissaries, says @Alvarezgus73, "there'd be mayhem." More on why these noodles are a staple—and a source of creativity—behind bars in our new @Eater Q&A with the "Prison Ramen" author: eater.com/23900359/gastr…

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In ‘Prison Ramen,’ Author Gustavo Alvarez Wants to Put Inmates’ Culinary Ingenuity on Full Display eater.com/23900359/gastr… via @Eater #prisonramen #chinoriot

For some unbelievable ramen transformations—from trail mix to chili to sandwiches—check out Goose’s book, Prison Ramen: bookshop.org/a/5904/9780761…

When @Alvarezgus73 was first incarcerated, he didn't love the instant ramen that was a commissary staple. But then these simple noodles literally saved lives during a riot, and he saw just how essential they could be: gastropod.com/wed-like-to-te…

Ramen seems like an authentic Japanese dish, right? Wrong: as recently as a couple hundred years ago, it didn’t exist. Japan’s noodle soups were bland and fishy. So how did the meaty, wheaty, chewy ramen of today become central to Japanese cuisine?podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wed…

'We'd Like to Teach The World to Slurp: The Weird and Wonderful Story of Ramen's Rise to Glory' by Gastropod megaphone.link/VMP6362812385 Plus: how #prisonramen helped prevent a prison riot! @cagraber & @nicolatwilley appreciate you ladies for an epic interview on @Gastropodcast