What do dumplings look like around the world? - Miranda Brown
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As archaeologists pored over ancient tombs in western China, they discovered some surprisingly well-preserved and familiar relics. Though hardened over 1,000 years, there sat little crescent-shaped dumplings. So who invented these plump pockets of perfection, and how did they spread across the world? Miranda Brown traces the tangled, mysterious historical web of dumplings.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Miranda Brown
- Director Léon Moh-Cah, Andi Concha
- Narrator Pen-Pen Chen
- Storyboard Artist Na Na Na Studio
- Animator Na Na Na Studio
- Art Director Na Na Na Studio
- Composer Jan Willem De With
- Sound Designer Jan Willem De With
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Producer Anna Bechtol
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Producer Abdallah Ewis
- Editorial Producer Cella Wright
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Fact-Checker Charles Wallace
Cheney Munson
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Humans around the planet have long shared their recipes and cooking? What lessons should we derive from these historical examples of cross-cultural contact?
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muhammad hassan
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When People shares the recipes and cooking then everyone knows the recipes and they try to make it. Although this is a very good idea that people share their recipes. And that recipes become famous around the globe.
muhammad hassan
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This is your Good question
8x8x da Menace
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That's a great question.
Sarah Benameur
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We can connect with people by sharing specific cultural traits. It helps us to bond together and gather around similarities
Elisa Fanuli
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i think sharing cooking recipes helps us connect with other cultures more; otherwise i also believe that this process help the creation of another phenomenon called approval that makes us all equal and devoid of being.
Lauren Kim
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We should share our recipes because through this process, cultures can learn more about each other.
Nutthaphat Pattanapongkawin
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People have been sharing persistently their recipes with other cultures, and, nowadays, they have been sending more recipes via social media. So, the main lesson could be that these foods shared are likely to be adapted to their tastes by local people in each country.
Shantanu Kumar
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When People shares the recipes and cooking then everyone knows the recipes and they try to make it. Although this is a very good idea that people share their recipes. And that recipes become famous around the globe.
