Chinese cuisine & culture
‘Fuchsia understands Chinese cuisine better than any other foreigner I know.’
‘Fuchsia understands Chinese cuisine better than any other foreigner I know.’
— Chen Xiaoqing 陈晓卿 , director of the hit TV shows Flavorful Origins, A Bite of China , and Once Upon a Bite
— Chen Xiaoqing 陈晓卿 , director of the hit TV shows Flavorful Origins, A Bite of China , and Once Upon a Bite
A life in food
A life in food
A life in food
A life in food
Fuchsia Dunlop is an award-winning cook and food writer specialising in Chinese cuisine.
Fuchsia Dunlop is an award-winning cook and food writer specialising in Chinese cuisine.
Fuchsia Dunlop is an award-winning cook and food writer specialising in Chinese cuisine.
Fuchsia Dunlop is an award-winning cook and food writer specialising in Chinese cuisine.
She has been researching Chinese culinary culture since the 1990s, when she trained as a chef at the Sichuan Higher Institute of Cuisine (四川高等烹饪学校) in Chengdu. A fluent Chinese speaker, she has travelled widely in China over the past three decades, documenting recipes and local food traditions.
She has been researching Chinese culinary culture since the 1990s, when she trained as a chef at the Sichuan Higher Institute of Cuisine (四川高等烹饪学校) in Chengdu. A fluent Chinese speaker, she has travelled widely in China over the past three decades, documenting recipes and local food traditions.
Latest Book
Five Tastes 五味
The magic of flavour in a Chinese kitchen
The magic of flavour in a Chinese kitchen
The magic of flavour in a Chinese kitchen
The magic of flavour in a Chinese kitchen
Bring the magic of authentic Chinese flavours to your kitchen with the irresistible new cookbook from Fuchsia Dunlop, ‘one of the world's best writers on Chinese food’ (Ken Hom) – featuring 120 quick and easy recipes.
Bring the magic of authentic Chinese flavours to your kitchen with the irresistible new cookbook from Fuchsia Dunlop, ‘one of the world's best writers on Chinese food’ (Ken Hom) – featuring 120 quick and easy recipes.
Blog & stories
Blog & stories
Selected quotes
Selected quotes
Selected quotes
Fuchsia Dunlop has done more to explain real Chinese cooking to non-Chinese cooks than anyone.
New York Times
A world authority on Chinese cooking…Her approach is a happy mixture of scholarly and gluttonous.
The Observer
One of the world’s experts in Chinese cooking.
Mika Wazowski
Fuchsia Dunlop has done more to explain real Chinese cooking to non-Chinese cooks than anyone.
New York Times
A world authority on Chinese cooking…Her approach is a happy mixture of scholarly and gluttonous.
The Observer
One of the world’s experts in Chinese cooking.
Mika Wazowski
Fuchsia Dunlop has done more to explain real Chinese cooking to non-Chinese cooks than anyone.
New York Times
One of the world’s experts in Chinese cooking.
Mika Wazowski
A world authority on Chinese cooking…Her approach is a happy mixture of scholarly and gluttonous.
The Observer
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