The Search for General Tso
(2023, original release: 2014)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
IFC Films, 2014
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2023
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (73 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
14867557
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

General Tso's chicken is a staple of Chinese-American cooking, and a ubiquitous presence on restaurant menus across the country. But just who was General Tso? And how did his chicken become emblematic of an entire national cuisine? Director Ian Cheney (King Corn) journeys from Shanghai to New York to the American Midwest and beyond to uncover the origins of this iconic dish, turning up surprising revelations and a host of humorous characters along the way

Film

In Process Record

Originally produced by IFC Films in 2014

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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