Cathy Bao Bean (Chinese: 包圭漪; pinyin: Bāo Guīyī; Wade–Giles: Pao Kuei-i) is a Chinese-American writer and educator, and is the author of The Chopsticks-Fork Principle: A Memoir and Manual (We Press, 2002). She lives in Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey, with her husband, artist Bennett Bean.