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 / 1954
Movie / 2015
Movie / 2017
Movie / 1969
Movie / 2004
Movie / 2011
Movie / 1995
Movie / 2014
Movie / 2001
Movie / 1997
Movie / 2008
Movie / 1994
Movie / 2013
Movie / 2016
Movie / 1994
Movie / 2010
Movie / 1968
Movie / 2015
Movie / 1990
Movie / 2019