# 151 The First Chinese Food in America

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/151-the-first-chinese-food-in-america
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/151-the-first-chinese-food-in-america.md
Podcast: [The History of American Food](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516)
Published: 2025-08-06T10:00:08+00:00
Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/151-the-first-chinese-food-in-america--67263927
Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67263927/151_the_first_chinese_food_in_america_8_5_25_4_06_pm.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/episodes/151-the-first-chinese-food-in-america
Duration seconds: 2314

## Resource

First of all - sorry about the diferent mic. But this way we get the episode. I'll see what I can do to make things better for next ep - and all will be back to normal by the one after that. Anyway - 19th Century Chinese Food? What can I tell you? It would have looked much the same as lots of the food you will find right now around the Pearl RIver Delta, the old district of Canton - now known as Guangzhou. But this episode is not just about the food - it also looks a bit into how the US and China started dealing with each other. How did that stream of labor from China - that would be essential in the gold fileds and then the construction of the US railroads get a foot hold in California. While there is much made of the Chinese presence in New York - and how they influenced east coast culture - there is the less well known story of China and the early west. So grab your dried fish, pickled vegetables, boiled millet and see what's there. Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood & some other socials... @THoAFood Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood & some other socials... @THoAFood

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/episodes/151-the-first-chinese-food-in-america/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-american-food-3626516/151-the-first-chinese-food-in-america.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.