Rhubarb originated in China, and Marco Polo prized the plant enough to list it in his will. Uzbeks wash their infants’ hair with basil to make it thicker. Italians in Modena like to drizzle 25-year-old balsamic vinegar on their gelato. Readers will find plenty more intriguing details in Jen Lin-Liu’s delightful “On the Noodle Road,” which is part travelogue, part culinary history and part cookbook. bloomberg/news/2013-08-13/how-dumplings-turned-into-tortellini-along-the-silk-road.html
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 09:52:08 +0000