Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Did the Chinese really inspire Italy's beloved pasta? Did the two cultures connect through the Silk Road or Marco Polo? Or is it possible that noodles don't actually belong to either of those countries- but instead a much older and far more fascinating history? Today we follow the evidence to trace the spread of noodles from the earliest archeological finds to the Instant Ramen of the 20th century- along the way, trying some of the great specialties of 4000 years of global history.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:17 - Marco Polo and the World of Noodles
3:41 - The Beginning
6:33 - Lanzhou La Mian
10:33 - The First Spread of Noodles
15:03 - Tibetan Thukpa
17:20 - Silk Road
19:04 - The Other Beginning
22:05 - Traditions
25:05 - Pasta in Italy
27:56 - Feast
29:26 - The Arabs
33:32 - 1500-Year Old Persian Noodles
36:05 - Religion and Mythology
41:18 - Perfect Ramen
45:07 - The Other Noodles
49:03 - A Moroccan in Sicily
53:19 - The Age of Exploration
55:26 - The Birth of "Noodles"
59:09 - The Man, The Myth, the Legend
1:03:49 - Instant Ramen
1:07:22 - Flashbacks
1:11:00 - Credits

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