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. At first her audience were mainly Taiwanese housewives. Fu later taught wives of United States Armed Forces stationed in Taiwan. It was one of those students that helped her contact a producer at
Taiwan Television, where she began her television career. For forty years, from 1962 to 2002, Fu hosted a series of cooking programs at Taiwan Television titled '''', presenting over 4000 Chinese cuisine dishes. Her programs were exported to Japan, the United States, the Philippines and other Asian countries. while her English-language programs were aided by a daughter. Fu published an English–Chinese bilingual edition of her first cookbook in 1969, translating the text herself. Fu wrote over 30 cookbooks in Chinese and English and ran a cooking class. Fu helped develop a number of flavorful precooked food products, including Manhan Noodles, an instant noodle product marketed by
Uni-President, and a product line of five entrees for
Ajinomoto. Fu died on 16 September 2004 of
pancreatic cancer, aged 73. == Legacy ==