‘Fruit from the Sands’ explores the Silk Road origins of apples, tea and more
A new book explains how many popular foods went global
FRUIT SPREAD Produce markets in Central Asia today, such as this one in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, feature local varieties of fruits and vegetables that were originally transported and cultivated along ancient routes of the Silk Road.
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