The Eighty Seven Celestials — an icon of art from the Tang Dynasty (By Wu Daozi/Public Domain)

Food That Conquered The World: The Tang Dynasty

Food in the golden age of imperial China

Historians regard imperial China under the Tang Dynasty as a golden age. Over their approximately 300-year reign, the Tang Empire grew to encompass vast swaths of Asia, stretching from the pacific to the Tibetan border, from inner Mongolia to the northern reaches of Vietnam. At its height, it ruled over 80 million…