
The Search for General Tso
Documentary • 2014 • 1 hr 11 min
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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.
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They get to the bottom of it faster than I can clean a plate of Chinese chicken. Very interesting!
A pretty fun documentary to watch— especially if you’re a fan of Asian food, culture and history.
General Tso’s chicken, and Chinese food in general, acts as a window into the Chinese immigrant experience in the United States.
More than about food. It has so much to say about being Chinese in America and adapting to one's environment.
Even if you aren’t a big fan of General Tso’s Chicken, this is still a cool documentary with some interesting history.
I'm not American and I don't have any idea about the Chinese food there but I still enjoyed the living hell out of this. So it's pretty good
Youll search for a more interesting foody flic
Good 👍🏻
One of my favorite docs of all time
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