About

A little Chinese cooking, wherever you call home.

China Table is a growing collection of Chinese home-cooking guides for people cooking outside China. We focus on clear steps, everyday equipment, and explanations of unfamiliar ingredients.

Start small, cook with care

Learn one dish, get to know a few pantry staples, and build from there. Our guides include ingredient amounts, suggested substitutions, allergen notes, and doneness checks.

How these guides are made

This first collection was drafted with AI assistance and has not yet been kitchen-tested. We make no claims of professional chef review, personal testing, or reader ratings. Regional labels describe the inspiration, not a definitive version of a dish.

Illustrative dish photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under the licenses listed on our photo credits page. They are not photographs of our own recipe tests.