The Search for General Tso

No tagline for this movie

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.

Documentary

You Might Also Like

  • Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
  • Food Matters
  • 50 Things to Eat Before You Die
  • Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
  • Planet Food: Spice Trails
  • Food, Inc.
  • Ramen Heads
  • We Feed the World
  • How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
  • Merci Bocuse
  • The God of Ramen
  • Breaking Bread
  • The Contender
  • Deconstructing Supper - Is Your Food Safe
  • The Botany of Desire
  • The Game Changers
  • Soul
  • Crazy Legs Conti: Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating
  • Vanishing of the Bees
  • Dirt! The Movie