[2][3] At the age of five, she began to cook which was encouraged by her parents, particularly her mother who believed that "children should know how to do everything", and a father who had traveled widely and was familiar with foreign cuisines.
After moving to the United States, she was urged by friends to teach Chinese cookery which she began to do in the early 1970s.
In 1976, she was invited to join the cooking and nutrition staff of the China Institute in New York City and taught there for more than twenty years.
In 1959, Lo married Fred Ferretti, an American journalist she met in Hong Kong while he was on assignment for the military newspaper, Stars and Stripes.
[1] Lo has been associated with the following organizations over her career: Lo has written on both food and restaurants for: Lo has appeared on Martha Stewart Living (syndicated), The Early Show (CBS),[4] Good Morning America (ABC), Today in New York (WNBC), Fox and Family (FOX) and on Food Network, as well as regional U.S. programs and programs in Singapore, the United Kingdom, Italy, Finland, Canada and New Zealand.