Yan-Kit So - Chinese food historian and cookery expert

Yan-kit So (1933–2001) was a Chinese food historian and cookery expert who lived and worked mainly in London since the 1960s. 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.

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