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General Tso’s Chicken creator dead at 98

By Verena Dobnik, reporter, New York City

Verena Dobnik, reporter, New York City, for quick reporting across continents on the death of the inventor of General Tso’s Chicken, a 98-year-old chef who lived in Taiwan and hadn’t spent time in New York in nearly three decades. http://bit.ly/2h3z1kI

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By The Associated Press

DEC. 8, 2016

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