Cook with Culture

Live cooking sessions with guides from ten kitchens around the world. Not tutorials. Not recipes. Real cooking, with real stories.

More than a recipe app

Every region. Every story. Every bite.

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Live, interactive sessions

Your guide walks you through every step in real time. Ask questions. Make mistakes. Learn the way their family learned.

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Cultural storytelling

Every dish has a story. Your guide shares the history, the traditions, and the reasons behind every technique.

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Authentic family recipes

These aren't restaurant dishes adapted for home cooks. These are the recipes families actually cook.

How it works

Three steps to your next meal

1

Choose a guide

Browse companions from around the world. Each one brings decades of experience and a signature dish worth learning.

2

Start a session

Grab your ingredients, start a live session, and cook alongside your guide in real time.

3

Cook together

Your guide walks you through the recipe step by step, sharing stories and techniques along the way.

Every kitchen has a story.

Meet the guides who'll cook beside you

🇮🇹 Lorenzo
Bologna, Italy
Tagliatelle al Ragù Bolognese

Ran a trattoria near Mercato delle Erbe for thirty years. Self-taught, opinionated about ingredients, and devoted to the slow ragù tradition.

🇯🇵 Yuki
Kyoto, Japan
Handmade Gyoza

Trained at Tsuji Culinary Institute and now teaches the everyday Japanese cooking that families actually eat.

🇫🇷 Isabelle
Lyon, France
Coq au Vin

Ran a bouchon lyonnais for twenty-two years. Trained at Institut Paul Bocuse when there were three women in her class.

🇨🇳 Mei
Chengdu, China
Mapo Tofu

Ran a fly restaurant near Jinli Street with the best mapo tofu in the neighborhood. She wants you to stop being afraid of spice.

🇮🇳 Priya
Kochi, India
Kerala Fish Curry (Meen Molee)

Grew up in Fort Kochi where the spice trade shaped life for two thousand years. Her mother cooked for thirty people daily.

🇹🇷 Hassan
Istanbul, Turkey
Iskender Kebab

Learned to cook over charcoal before he learned to read. His lokanta near the Grand Bazaar was a neighborhood institution for eighteen years.

🇿🇦 Pieter
Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Malay Bobotie

Grew up in the Bo-Kaap neighborhood of Cape Town where Cape Malay cooking shaped every meal. His ouma's bobotie recipe has been in the family for four generations.

🇹🇭 Krit
Ayutthaya, Thailand
Thai Green Curry with Chicken & Vegetables

Grew up on the banks of the Chao Phraya river. Ran a riverside restaurant for twenty years before passing it to his son.

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