Shirley Fong-Torres
American business woman
About Shirley Fong-Torres
Lived 1946 – 2011 (aged 64). Shirley Fong-Torres was a culinary writer.
Shirley Fong-Torres (November 16, 1946 – June 18, 2011) was a chef, tour operator, and popular travel and food writer based in San Francisco, California, US.
Early life Fong-Torres was born on November 16, 1946. Her father was Ricardo Torres. Due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, Fong-Torres' father (born Fong Kwok Seung), changed his surname to Torres and posed as a Filipino in order to immigrate to the United States. His family later adopted the hyphenated surname, Fong-Torres. As a child, she worked in her father's restaurants in Hayward and Oakland's Chinatown.
Education Fong-Torres was a graduate of Oakland High School and the University of California, Berkeley.
Fong-Torres died of leukemia on June 18, 2011.
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American business woman (1946-2011)
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Shirley Fong-Torres was born on 16 November 1946.
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Shirley Fong-Torres died on 18 June 2011.
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Shirley Fong-Torres was a culinary writer.
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