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Researcher recreates dishes from the Song and Yuan dynasties

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What did people eat centuries ago? And more importantly, how did it taste? Researcher Xu Li has spent years diving into ancient texts, recreating 110 historical dishes from the Song and Yuan dynasties. From crab-stuffed oranges to plum blossom soup pastries, her work uncovers lost flavors and forgotten culinary traditions.

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