The Search for General Tso
|The Search for General Tso
Status: Released
Runtime: 71
Release Date: 20/04/2014
Origin Language: en
Origin Country: TW - US
Languages: English
Production: Sundance SelectsWicked Delicate Films
Countries: ChinaTaiwanUnited States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0 (0)
Documentary
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.
