Dining

A humble oyster pail turned takeout icon: The American story of the Chinese food carton

NEW YORK (AP) — It's an icon, that small white receptacle made from a single piece of cardboard folded into a trapezoid-shaped box. Sometimes there's a wire handle, sometimes a bright red graphic of a Chinese-style pagoda on the side. And inside, deliciousness.The Chinese takeout container — at...

Katherine Langford