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The story of dumplings: how a traditional Chinese medicine cure went global

Eat Drink Asia

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Dumplings have taken on different names all over the world. Australians call them dim sumbs, Spanish and Mexicans call them empanadas,. Italians have tortellini and ravioli. If you're Turkish, Uighur, Kyrgy or from Uzbekistan, you might call them mantu. But who invented them? And why? The story of dumplings is the story of the globalization of Chinese cuisine.

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