Actors
Christine Cushing , Qu Yunqiang Chef , Yi Tika Yang Chef
About
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Story
Chinese cuisine is perhaps the oldest and most sophisticated organized cuisine in the world. It boasts over 5,000 years of history, yet in North America many Westerners today hear Chinese food and immediately picture overly sweet and sticky red sauces and over-fried globs of dough. Inspired by the discovery that the 2,500 year old philosopher Confucius was in fact a 'gourmand', classically trained celebrity chef Christine Cushing questions what Chinese cuisine really is and is North America eating it. Is Chinese food Chinese cuisine? Is North American 'Chinese' even Chinese? Are fortune cookies, chop suey and egg foo yung? Christine has long been fascinated by how a cuisine is transported from country to country as a culture's biggest ambassador and by the power of sharing food. Christine is a life-long student of culture and in Confucius Was a Foodie she takes viewers along as she explores the beginnings, the today and the future of Chinese cuisine in North America. Surprisingly, at ...
