General Tso's Chicken inventor dies at 98

The chef credited with inventing General Tso’s Chicken, a world-famous Chinese dish smothered in a sweet sauce that was never a staple in China, has died in Taiwan at 98.Peng Chang-kuei died of pneumonia last Wednesday in Taipei, his son, Chuck Peng, told The Associated Press. He was still cooking in the family’s Taipei restaurant kitchen just a few months ago.Peng first brought the sticky, sweet and spicy dish to New York about 40 years ago.It’s now on Chinese restaurant menus