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The best Chinese cookbooks
Fuchsia Dunlop, Kenji's wok and the books that make Sichuan, Cantonese and home-style Chinese cooking make sense.
Land of PlentyFuchsia Dunlop
Salt Sugar MSGCalvin Eng
The WokJ. Kenji López-AltRead one before you go
The classics
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Land of Plenty
Fuchsia Dunlop · 2001
The book that showed English-speaking cooks what real Sichuan food is, and how to make it.
Cook from it: Kung pao chicken, Mapo tofu (our write-up, saves to your recipes)
Cook in its spirit: Smacked Cucumber with Garlic and Chili Oil, Twice-Cooked Pork Belly with Leeks and Fermented Bean Paste (Chef's own recipes, not the book's)
No. 15 on The 100 Greatest Cookbooks
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The Wok
J. Kenji López-Alt · 2022
Everything a wok can do, tested and explained; fried rice will never be the same.
Cook from it: Egg fried rice (our write-up, saves to your recipes)
Cook in its spirit: Weeknight Egg Fried Rice, Dry-Fried Sichuan Green Beans with Ground Pork (Chef's own recipes, not the book's)
No. 31 on The 100 Greatest Cookbooks
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Every Grain of Rice
Fuchsia Dunlop · 2012
Simple Chinese home cooking, vegetables first, for every night of the week.
Cook in its spirit: Smacked Cucumber Salad with Garlic and Chile Oil, Dry-Fried Green Beans with Ground Pork and Preserved Vegetable (Chef's own recipes, not the book's)
No. 43 on The 100 Greatest Cookbooks
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Asian Dumplings
Andrea Nguyen · 2009
Dumplings from across Asia with every fold drawn out; a book you cook from with flour on your hands.
Cook from it: Pork and chive dumplings (our write-up, saves to your recipes)
Cook in its spirit: Pan-Fried Pork and Scallion Potstickers, Soup Dumplings (Xiao Long Bao) with Pork and Aspic (Chef's own recipes, not the book's)
No. 46 on The 100 Greatest Cookbooks
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The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen
Grace Young · 1999
Cantonese home cooking and the family stories behind it.
No. 69 on The 100 Greatest Cookbooks
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The Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook
Fuchsia Dunlop · 2006
Hunan cooking, including the red-braised pork said to be Mao's favorite.
Cook from it: Red-braised pork belly (our write-up, saves to your recipes)
No. 94 on The 100 Greatest Cookbooks
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New this year
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Salt Sugar MSG
Calvin Eng · 2025
Cantonese-American cooking from the Bonnie's chef in Brooklyn.
No. 15 on The New Cookbooks
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Five Tastes
Fuchsia Dunlop · 2026
Chinese cooking through its five tastes, from the best writer on the subject.
No. 22 on The New Cookbooks
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Taiwanese?
Eric Sze and Elyse Inamine · 2026
Taiwanese food, culture and more than 70 recipes, from the 886 chef.
No. 47 on The New Cookbooks
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