Yan-kit So

Yan-kit So (13 July 1933 – 22 December 2001) was a Chinese food historian and cookery expert who lived and worked mainly in London since the 1960s.[1] She became known among a wider public for her commercially successful and critically acclaimed cookbooks, which contributed much to the popularization of Chinese cooking in Britain.[2]

Born in Zhongshan, Guangdong province, she grew up in Hong Kong, where she graduated from University with a degree in history, and went on to acquire a DPhil at the University of London. She was married twice, to a Chinese surgeon whom she divorced, and then to the American historian Briton Martin Jr., who died in 1967 and with whom she had a son.[2]

Works

  • The Classic Chinese Cookbook (1984)
  • Wok Cookbook (1985)
  • Party Eats (1988), with Paul Bloomfield
  • Classic Food Of China (1992)

References

  1. ↑ "Yan-kit So" (obituary). The Daily Telegraph. 4 January 2002. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  2. 1 2 Davidson, Alan (4 January 2002). "Yan-kit So" (obituary). The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
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