From New York City to the farmlands of the Midwest, there are 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., yet one dish in particular has conquered the American culinary landscape with a force befitting its military moniker—“General Tso’s Chicken.” But who was General Tso and how did this dish become so ubiquitous? Ian Cheney’s delightfully insightful documentary charts the history of Chinese Americans through the surprising origins of this sticky, sweet, just-spicy-enough dish that we’ve adopted as our own.
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From New York City to the farmlands of the Midwest, there are 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., yet one dish in particular has conquered the American culinary landscape with a force befitting its military moniker—“General Tso’s Chicken.” But who was General Tso and how did this dish become so ubiquitous? Ian Cheney’s delightfully insightful documentary charts the history of Chinese Americans through the surprising origins of this sticky, sweet, just-spicy-enough dish that we’ve adopted as our own.
Movie / 2015
Movie / 2011
Movie / 2006
Movie / 2017
Movie / 1969
Movie / 2004
Movie / 2015
Movie / 2011
Movie / 1995
Movie / 2019
Movie / 2018
Movie / 2003
Movie / 1994
Movie / 1984
Movie / 1998
Movie / 1979
Movie / 2009
Movie / 1997
Movie / 2019
Movie / 1993