1.   The talented chef uses buckwheat soba noodles effectively.

2.   As he washed down fragrant soba noodles with a cola, Alexie explained that there is much of his life woven into the film.

3.   After a week of soba noodles and broiled salmon heads, news like this made me shudder.

4.   I ended up with an assortment of Japanese crackers or snacks, soba noodles, teas, candies, vacuum-packed oshinko pickles and lots of other stuff.

5.   Ideally, fresh soba noodles should be used when available, but Udesky says that dried soba noodles are quite acceptable.

6.   It is a sweltering day, and James Udesky, a relocated Chicagoan, is making soba noodles by hand in his cramped apartment.

7.   It showcases his global approach with dishes like sweet potato-walnut burritos, ginger-wakame soup, raspberry glazed beets and soba noodles with shiitake dashi.

8.   Like soba noodles, these are often served cold with a dipping sauce.

9.   Learn how to slurp soba noodles.

10.   Tadashi Ono at Sono makes his with buckwheat flour, giving them the flavor of Japanese soba noodles.