How Chinese is our Chinese Food?

Part-Time Genius

English - January 31, 2018 17:19 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
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Chinese restaurants have an incredible history in America. (They actually pre-date the Civil War!) But is the food we scarf down every week actually Chinese? Will and Mango stuff themselves with takeout facts: from the origin of the Lazy Susan, to Buster Keaton's obsession with Chop Suey, to why everyone needs to make a pilgrimage to Butte, Montana.

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