The author, Jen Lin-Liu, gives some insights on his experience and research with the noodles through his travels.

http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/08/the-history-of-noodles-how-a-simple-food-became-a-worldwide-staple/278637/

After watching the "20 Rules Italians Don' Break" video last week, I learned about some aspects of Italians food and culture that Americans have Americanized such as meat balls in spaghetti,fruits and vegetables as pizza toppings, butter and olive olive for bread, etc.(Apparently Italians dont' do this) This got me thinking of how we have Americanized other culture's food in America.
This article basically talks about how Chinese food has evolved in America and the difference between authentic Chinese food and that of American. For example, the fortune cookie with your meal is an American alteration, according to this article.

http://firstwefeast.com/eat/2015/03/illustrated-history-of-americanized-chinese-food

This is a research article conducted to find out the reasoning behind food choices in Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan and New Zealand. The Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ), assessed relative importance of nine factors thought to be important motives in food choice: Health, Mood, Convenience, Sensory Appeal, Natural Content, Price, Weight Control, Familiarity, and Ethical Concern, was administered to groups of female consumers. The results were interesting.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950329302000101

This article is about how food communicates certain ideas to people. In this article, three experiments were conducted whereby participants admitted that certain foods, and food packages triggered a feeling of masculinity of femininity for that food. This goes to show that our social constructs and beliefs even affect how we view food. Gender roles play a huge role when discussing.
http://www.medicaldaily.com/healthy-food-more-likely-be-perceived-feminine-how-gender-stereotypes-factor-food-352372