Selling Sushi, Turkish Spice and Silk Roads: Noah's Ark Rosewater Rice, Haci's Feta Cheese and European Comfort Food

Salt mines, Mozart marzipan, Egyptian incense, barbecued eel at Whistler, roasted salmon in Vancouver, mango sushi, history of rock fused into saffron, mint leaf sashimi, etouffee, gumbo, rice pudding with rosewater named after Noah's Ark, rice mounds from Afghanistan with raisins and orange carrots. International trade involves the exchange of ideas. Cultures serve various seafood, sauces and sugar. Would you mix honey with pepper for Paul the Apostle? What kind of wedding stew was prepared for Marc Anthony's engagement to Cleopatra? Did the Virgin Mary eat the same roasted lamb as Alexander the Great in Turkey? From the home of Abraham to Homer's Troy, Turkey is filled with treasures, but these celebrities ate the best art. Travel with Thomas as he experiments with dumplings used to feed Genghis Khan's Mongols. Dig up clay pots with a recipe for potato pancakes. Learn religious laws that bake into bread. Ask why Czechs and Chinese refer to tea as chai. Who calls pepper black gold?