We may think of globalization as a modern phenomenon, but the Silk Road was what first set today’s cultural ...

Chef Lexy Foong, who formerly ran the Chinese American restaurant and karaoke bar Ambassador, is responsible for the food menu at the Silk Road, which opened earlier this month on Northwest Hoyt.

Culture, music, art and food of the Silk Road were set against a backdrop of pavilions representing Silk Road countries.

A traditional sheepskin coat blows in the wind in Turtkul, Uzbekistan, on a highway that follows the ancient Silk Road. It wasn’t a single road but a network of commercial routes that once ...