As The Apothecary Diaries is airing its second season, the director discusses the challenges he faced. Read on to find out ...

Here, Arab and African merchants exchanged the spices, ivory, medicines, rare woods, and pearls so eagerly sought by the Chinese imperial court. Seven times, from 1405 to 1433, the treasure fleets ...

Chinese imperial food dates back to slave ... construction of the Xia Dynasty palace and the establishment of the imperial court, an organization was set up to prepare and serve food to the ...