Fu Pei-mei may be best known in America as the author and self-publisher of “Pei Mei’s Chinese Cookbook.” After the bilingual three-volume series’ 1969 Taiwan debut, copies of the cookbook could be ...
When 18-year-old Fu Pei-mei traveled by herself from her home in China to live in Taiwan in 1949, she joined 1 million other refugees who fled the mainland at the end of the Chinese Civil War. She ...
Picture a woman who becomes a TV star in 1962, teaching people how to cook one of the world's great cuisines. Nope, not Julia Child. It's Fu Pei-mei. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) FU PEI-MEI: (Non ...
Michelle T. King's new book is about a pioneering cook who brought Chinese food to the world, Fu Pei-mei. NPR's Scott Simon talks with King about her and about the book, "Chop Fry Watch Learn." ...