Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Books - Vol 1, 2 and 3 -- Bilingual Chinese and English

by Fu Pei-mei

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First edition

Complete volumes I, II and III of Fu Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Books. Written in both Chinese and English, T&S Industrial Co, Ltd. Vol 1 1969 Vol 2 1974 Vol 3 1979 All in fine/near fine condition. Packaged with care and shipped in a box to arrive in best condition. Fu Pei-mei (Chinese: 傅培梅; pinyin: Fù Péiméi; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pòo Puê-muî; 1 October 1931 – 16 September 2004) was a Taiwanese waishengren chef. She wrote over 30 cookbooks on Chinese cuisine, and produced and hosted cooking programs on Taiwan television and Japan's NHK. In 2012, she was posthumously awarded the special award at the 47th Golden Bells Award ceremony. Fu was born in 1931 in Dalian, under Japanese rule at the time. Aged 15, she left the city due to the events of the Chinese Civil War, and took on clerical work, where her company provided meals to its workers. Fu moved to Taiwan at age 18, as Chinese Communist forces consolidated control over the mainland. Before becoming a cook, she worked in a trading company and appeared in television commercials promoting electrical appliances. Fu left her career behind to marry Cheng Shao-ching, whom she met on a blind date. Cheng expected Fu to cook, and she tried to learn while raising a family, but she did not have time to focus on cooking until her children began attending school. Fu sought chefs from several well-known restaurants in Taipei to teach her how to cook, mailing a note that read, "Seeking famous chefs to learn cooking from, high pay." Fu spent two years,

• Publisher: T & S Industrial
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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