That’s why when the weather gets cold, we don’t spend time mourning summer—we put on a sweater and we go eat noodle soup.

SHINKAMIGOTO, Japan >> A town in Nagasaki prefecture’s Goto Islands last year set up a government department devoted to the area’s specialty noodles, Goto udon.

If you're a fan of thick, chewy noodles, you'll appreciate that learning how to make homemade udon noodles is so easy.