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The Search for General Tso (2014)

April 20, 2014 (CN) Documentary • 71m

Overview

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.

Director

Ian Cheney

Writer

Top Billed

Susan Carter

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Top Billed Cast

Susan Carter
Susan Carter

Self - American historian

Philip Chiang
Philip Chiang

Self - restaurant owner

Andrew Coe
Andrew Coe

Self - food writer

Liang Xiao Jin
Liang Xiao Jin

Self - Chinese historian

Crew


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Status

Released

Original Language

EN

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