The Plan to Kill the Chinese Restaurant

Proof

America's Test Kitchen

Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Chinese restaurants are an essential part of the American landscape -- even more ubiquitous than McDonald’s. But a century ago, they were almost extinguished by legislation passed around the country that barred young white women from eating at chop suey houses. This is the story of an organized effort to wipe out Chinese eateries altogether and how these restaurants survived in spite of it. We want to get your feedback about Proof. Please take this survey so we know what you like and what we can do better: http://bit.ly/proofpodcast2. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.3	really cleanly, making for just a really awesome experience.
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0:38.0	Hey thanks to our presenting sponsor Bob's Red Mill. Stay tuned at the break for their quiz.
0:47.0	Hey guys, Bridget here. Now, before we start this week's episode of proof, I've got a favorite ask.
0:54.4	We've posted a link to a survey in the show description.
0:57.3	Now, this is only our second season and we're still learning a lot, so we'd love to get some feedback
1:02.2	from you on what you like and what we could do better.
1:04.8	All that good stuff and it only takes a few minutes I promise so tell us what you think.
1:09.6	Now on to the show.
1:11.6	According to industry standards, there are more than 40,000 Chinese restaurants here
1:18.4	in the United States.
1:20.3	So let's compare that number to the number of McDonald's in the United States, which is right
1:26.7	around 14,000.
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