About
Welcome to Omnivore’s Cookbook
Omnivore’s Cookbook is a source for authentic Chinese recipes. The website is dedicated to helping home cooks across the globe recreate Chinese dishes with confidence, regardless of their culinary skill level. Omnivore’s Cookbook brings the best of both worlds, honoring traditional flavors while adapting techniques and ingredients for a modern home kitchen.
For over a decade, Omnivore’s Cookbook has become a go-to resource for Chinese home cooking. From popular American Chinese takeout and dim sum to comforting Chinese soups & stews and creative Chinese air fryer recipes, every dish is tested, refined, and made approachable for beginners and seasoned cooks alike.
About Maggie Zhu
Maggie Zhu was born and raised in Beijing and is now based in New York City. She’s the founder of Omnivore’s cookbook and a recipe developer, writer, and food photographer with over a decade of experience. Since 2013, she has been sharing authentic Chinese recipes that help home cooks create authentic tasting dishes. She is currently an Editor in Residence at America’s Test Kitchen.
Omnivore’s Cookbook delivers three core principles
Authentic Flavors Through Proper Ingredients
Omnivore’s Cookbook prioritizes authenticity by identifying essential ingredients that define each dish’s traditional taste. The platform teaches home cooks how to source, select, and combine these ingredients to achieve restaurant-quality flavors in their own kitchens.
Reliability Through Decades of Testing
Maggie Zhu validates each recipe through multiple test iterations before publication. This systematic approach ensures consistent results across different skill levels. Each recipe features streamlined instructions that simplify unfamiliar techniques and ingredients, transforming complex processes into easy to follow steps any home cook can execute.
Designed for Your Kitchen
We consistently bridge traditional Chinese cooking methods with contemporary Western kitchen setups. The platform transforms classic techniques by substituting specialized equipment with common alternatives, replacing woks with large skillets for stir-fries and employing standard blenders and mixers to simplify labor-intensive preparations like hand-pulled noodles and steamed buns. This adaptation philosophy maintains authentic results while removing equipment barriers.
We’ve published two Chinese Cookbooks
With her popular blog, Omnivore’s Cookbook, Maggie Zhu is the go-to person for traditional Chinese recipes designed for the Western home cook!
- Chinese Homestyle by Maggie Zhu, creating everyday plant-based recipes for takeout, dim sum, noodles and more.
- Chinese Stir Fry Sauces by Maggie Zhu is a perfectly curated cookbook that both elevates and simplifies authentic Chinese sauces.
Between Maggie’s Chinese Cookbooks and 800+ Chinese recipes available for free, you know you’re in good hands, and naturally the reviews speak for themselves.
“Title says it all, this is the only cook book I need now. My husband says we don’t even need to go to Chinese restaurants anymore! Also, I’m a beginner cook and I’m able to make most of these recipes, they’re so easy to follow!” Artemis
“Maggie, I just found this recipe and after trying many others it’s THIS one that brings the real deal!!! Love that there’s no cornstarch and no stock. It looks, smells, and tastes AMAZING!!! I used a thumb of ginger as well, throwing in the 6 dried chilis in the oil until blackened then removed. I can’t imagine this without either as they really add to the aroma, flavor, complexity and umami your recipe brings.” Kevin
Omnivore’s Cookbook has received thousands of 5-star reviews over the last decade.
Press
Omnivore’s Cookbook won the 2019 SAVEUR Blog Award for Most Inspired Weeknight Dinners and has been featured in publications like ABC, NPR, NY Public Radio, America’s Test Kitchen, Eating Well, Martha Stewart, Yahoo News, and Better Homes and Garden.
It’s safe to say, we’re well known for authentic Chinese recipes!
Resources
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- Youtube (70k subscribers)
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Of course you’re welcome to contact me: {maggie at omnivorescookbook dot com}. I read every message and try my best to get back to you as soon as possible!
