Chinese cuisine & culture

Award-winning cook & food writer

Award-winning cook & food writer

Researching and writing about Chinese food for more than three decades.

Researching and writing about Chinese food for more than three decades.

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‘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.

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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.

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Fuchsia's Books

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Invitation to a Banquet

The Food of Sichuan

Every Grain of Rice

Blog & stories

Blog & stories

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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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