American diners began to flock to Chinese restaurants more than a century ago, making Chinese food the first mass-consumed cuisine in the United States. By 1980

The surprising history and vibrant present of small-town Chinese restaurants from Victoria, BC, to Fogo Island, NL

In 1784, passengers on the ship Empress of China became the first Americans to land in China, and the first to eat Chinese food. Today there are over 40,000 Chi

Chinese food first became popular in America under the shadow of violence against Chinese aliens, a despised racial minority ineligible for United States citize

Eleven-year-old Orville enters a cooking contest, which he has high hopes of winning with his recipe for chop suey burgers.