How Big Pizza And Big Tech Made Hot Delivery Possible
05/27/21 • 24 min
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In the '60s, delivering pizzas meant wrapping hot pies in a blanket or driving them to customers over open flames. With those humble (and, uh, life-threatening) beginnings, how did we get to the quick and easy delivery everyone knows and loves today? From heatproof bags to rotating ovens, Patrick Fort and Ruth Tam investigate how 'big pizza' changed the delivery game forever.
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In the '60s, delivering pizzas meant wrapping hot pies in a blanket or driving them to customers over open flames. With those humble (and, uh, life-threatening) beginnings, how did we get to the quick and easy delivery everyone knows and loves today? From heatproof bags to rotating ovens, Patrick Fort and Ruth Tam investigate how 'big pizza' changed the delivery game forever.
Read a transcript of this episode at dishcity.org.
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @dishcity.
Leave us a tip at wamu.org/supportdishcity.
Email us your favorite delivery order at [email protected].
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How American Chinese Food Became Delivery Food
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, but when delivery gained traction in U.S. cities, Chinese restaurants were often the first to do it. As dishes like chop suey and General Tso's chicken became part of American food culture, Americans’ feelings toward the Chinese Americans who made the food (and delivered it) remained stuck in the past. And now, as demand for delivery increases, many American Chinese restaurants are closing. Is delivery the key to survival?
Read a transcript of this episode at dishcity.org.
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @dishcity.
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Email us your favorite delivery order at [email protected].
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Note: This episode has been updated to reflect DoorDash and Uber Eats' current policy regarding listing restaurants on their platforms.
Read a transcript of this episode at dishcity.org.
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @dishcity.
Leave us a tip at wamu.org/supportdishcity.
Email us your favorite delivery order at [email protected].
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