How American Chinese Food Became Delivery Food

Dish City by WAMU 88.5

May 20, 202130:18Arts

On a cold November night in 1976, a New York City restaurateur named Misa Chang started sliding delivery menus under her neighbors’ doors for her Chinese restaurant in Manhattan. Chang wasn’t the first to offer delivery,...

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