Journey through the ancient city of Samarkand where culinary rituals and timeless tales of the Silk Road converge—from Ferghana horses to millet noodles and salty Uzbek candy.

Rerouting History: From Suez to the Arctic Once upon a time, if you were mapping global trade, your pen would glide through the Middle East and North Africa. Cairo. Haifa. Dubai. Aden. The Suez Canal ...