The Search for General Tso (2014)
71 min
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.
- Release date
- April 20, 2014
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Susan Carter as Self - American historian
- Ian Cheney as Self
- Philip Chiang as Self - restaurant owner
- Andrew Coe as Self - food writer
- Liang Xiao Jin as Self - Chinese historian
- Harlan Lee as Self - restaurant owner
- Sue Lee as Self - museum director
- Harley Spiller as Self - Chinese menu collector
Crew
- Ian Cheney · Director
- Ian Cheney · Writer
- Jennifer 8. Lee · Producer
- Amanda Murray · Producer
- Simon Beins · Composer
- Ben Fries · Composer
- Taylor Gentry · Cinematographer
- Frederick Shanahan · Editor