The Search for General Tso
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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Ian Cheney Director · Frederick Shanahan Editor
United States release April 20, 2014 · Produced in China, Taiwan, United States · Production Wicked Delicate Films, IFC Films
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Sundance Selects
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Wicked Delicate Films
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IFC Films
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China · Taiwan · United States
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English
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English
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United States · April 20, 2014
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