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