In this engaging account, Chef Renee Marton unravels the rich history of rice, tracing its remarkable journey through centuries of trade, migration and culinary innovation. The origins of some of the ...

This suggests vessel types used by the ancient culture were closely linked ... utilization and widespread cultivation of rice in Neolithic China,” Dr Li said. From news to politics, travel ...

People who moved out of southern China cultivated big changes across ancient Southeast Asia, a new analysis of ancient human DNA finds. Chinese rice and millet farmers spread south into a region ...

Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east, and Yang wanted to break this grip of geography. He needed a way to move rice from the fertile region around the Yangtze northwest to feed his court ...

Rose water was historically used by Persians and Romans and remains popular for hydration today. The Greeks and Romans ...