Pearl Kong

Pearl Kong Chen (June 17, 1926 – July 21, 2014) was a Chinese American cooking teacher and cookbook author known as an expert on Cantonese cuisine.

Chen's grandfather, Kong Hungyun, was a Qing dynasty official and noted gourmet in Guangzhou in the early 1900s, but she did not begin her own culinary career until she came to America in 1967. She lived in New York and in California, where she taught cooking and home economics classes at San Jose State University and provided instruction to high school teachers. Her co-authors were her husband, Tien Chi Chen (1928– ), and dietitian and food science professor Rose Y. L. Tseng.

Chen died on July 21, 2014, in Hong Kong.