Name: Five Tastes: Delicious Recipes for Chinese Flavors with Fuchsia Dunlop
Start: 2026-10-23T18:30:00-0700
End: 2026-10-23T19:30:00-0700

Five Tastes: Delicious Recipes for Chinese Flavors with Fuchsia Dunlop

Friday October 23, 2026 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT

Omnivore Books on Food

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Over thousands of years, Chinese chefs have mastered how to combine the five tastes―sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and pungent―harmoniously in a dish. In her latest cookbook, Five Tastes, Fuchsia Dunlop shares with home cooks 120 easy recipes inspired by culinary traditions across China. She includes both old-fashioned favorites and her freshly invented dishes that combine Chinese flavors with produce found in any Western market or supermarket. Join us at Omnivore Books to meet this superstar of Chinese cuisine and learn about her processes for recipe research and development. In conversation with Harold McGee.

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Harold McGee

Harold McGee is the author of the award-winning books On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen and Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World’s Smells.

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Fuchsia Dunlop

Fuchsia Dunlop is a James Beard Award–winning food writer and cook specializing in Chinese cuisine. She trained as a chef at the Sichuan Higher Institute of Cuisine in the 1990s and has been researching Chinese culinary culture ever since. Fuchsia is the author of eight books including, most... Read More →

Friday October 23, 2026 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Omnivore Books on Food 3885a Cesar Chavez St, San Francisco, CA 94131

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