Gustavo Alvarez (Goose)
Author of Prison Ramen: Recipes and Stories from Behind Bars and a former incarcerated person who shares memoir-style accounts of prison life and inventive commissary cooking.
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Feb 6, 2026 • 27min
How Prison Ramen Saved My Life (Reheat)
Gustavo Alvarez (Goose), former incarcerated man and author of Prison Ramen, shares vivid memoir-style scenes from prison life. He talks about how communal meals built trust, inventive commissary cooking like the Cadillac coffee, makeshift boiling tricks, and how a massive ramen spread turned hostility into humanity. Short, tense, and surprisingly tender stories about food as survival and connection.
