“The most deliciously absurd historical mystery you’ll ever read.”

What if the world’s most famous chicken dish was the last surviving remnant of a forgotten military genius?
When a dusty attic box labeled “Effects of Tso Liangyu” falls into the hands of a skeptical historian, it launches a globe-trotting investigation into the strange, spicy legacy of a Qing Dynasty general no one remembers—but who may have changed the course of warfare forever.

Inside the box: a sealed journal, cryptic parchment, a silver locket, and one perfectly preserved chili pepper.
What follows is a hilarious, high-stakes journey through coded documents, culinary symbolism, battlefield deception, and the philosophical power of flavor. As our narrator uncovers the truth about General Tso’s "Forbidden Recipe"—a system of psychological warfare disguised as cooking—he discovers a suppressed legacy, erased by traditionalists and hidden in plain sight on takeout menus across the globe.

Blending historical fiction, culinary anthropology, and deadpan satire, General Tso: The Mythical Biography is part academic mystery, part food adventure, and part metafictional roast of how we write—and erase—history.

“The most deliciously absurd historical mystery you’ll ever read.”

What if the world’s most famous chicken dish was the last surviving remnant of a forgotten military genius?
When a dusty attic box labeled “Effects of Tso Liangyu” falls into the hands of a skeptical historian, it launches a globe-trotting investigation into the strange, spicy legacy of a Qing Dynasty general no one remembers—but who may have changed the course of warfare forever.

Inside the box: a sealed journal, cryptic parchment, a silver locket, and one perfectly preserved chili pepper.
What follows is a hilarious, high-stakes journey through coded documents, culinary symbolism, battlefield deception, and the philosophical power of flavor. As our narrator uncovers the truth about General Tso’s "Forbidden Recipe"—a system of psychological warfare disguised as cooking—he discovers a suppressed legacy, erased by traditionalists and hidden in plain sight on takeout menus across the globe.

Blending historical fiction, culinary anthropology, and deadpan satire, General Tso: The Mythical Biography is part academic mystery, part food adventure, and part metafictional roast of how we write—and erase—history.