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A community-made cookbook of dishes from Laoxiangji (Home Original Chicken), a Chinese fast-food chain: the text is taken from the chain's published Dish Traceability Report, edited and organized into a recipe website.
A community-made cookbook of dishes from Laoxiangji (Home Original Chicken), a Chinese fast-food chain: the text is taken from the chain's published Dish Traceability Report, edited and organized into a recipe website.Is it an app I install, or just a website to read?A website: it is a static documentation site built with VitePress, so you read the recipes in a browser. The official page is cooklikehoc.soilzhu.su.
A website: it is a static documentation site built with VitePress, so you read the recipes in a browser. The official page is cooklikehoc.soilzhu.su.Can I run it myself, or is it online-only?Both. Locally, npm run docs:dev generates the site indexes and starts the VitePress dev server, and npm run docs:build produces the static site. The README also links Docker run instructions.
Both. Locally, npm run docs:dev generates the site indexes and starts the VitePress dev server, and npm run docs:build produces the static site. The README also links Docker run instructions.Are there photos of the dishes, or is it all text?Mostly text for now — adding real photos of the dishes is a standing call for contributors. A separate AI-illustrated version of the site, drawn by a contributor, also exists.
Mostly text for now — adding real photos of the dishes is a standing call for contributors. A separate AI-illustrated version of the site, drawn by a contributor, also exists.Why is the repo called CookLikeHOC?HOC is short for Home Original Chicken — the English name for Laoxiangji used in China Daily's coverage. The author says writing 'Laoxiangji' directly would have been awkward to read.
HOC is short for Home Original Chicken — the English name for Laoxiangji used in China Daily's coverage. The author says writing 'Laoxiangji' directly would have been awkward to read.Is every dish from the report actually in there?Yes: all dishes published in the original traceability report have been fully entered, and a 2026 update added the new dishes from Traceability Report 2.0. The main body was finished in 2024.
Yes: all dishes published in the original traceability report have been fully entered, and a 2026 update added the new dishes from Traceability Report 2.0. The main body was finished in 2024.Why does the README mention a September 2025 controversy?Only to distance the project from it: the authors note the main content was completed in 2024, unrelated to that public-opinion event, and that contributors' only tie to the chain is as customers.
Only to distance the project from it: the authors note the main content was completed in 2024, unrelated to that public-opinion event, and that contributors' only tie to the chain is as customers.What is How To Cook, which the README points to?It is a neighboring open-source cooking project the README recommends checking out; CookLikeHOC is separate and focuses specifically on the Laoxiangji menu from the traceability report.
It is a neighboring open-source cooking project the README recommends checking out; CookLikeHOC is separate and focuses specifically on the Laoxiangji menu from the traceability report.What are similar projects?cheatsheets, NotionNext, docusaurus, privacyguides.org, academicpages.github.io, mkdocs, gatsby, nextra
cheatsheets, NotionNext, docusaurus, privacyguides.org, academicpages.github.io, mkdocs, gatsby, nextra