Forever changing the landscape of Cambridge MA's Central Square, which is now populated by numerous ethnic and unique restaurants.Pioneering the sale of bottled Chinese sauces, which she first sold to supermarkets 1984.Serving the first and now popular "Soup Dumplings" (Shao Long Bao) and other northern dim sum items in her restaurant, "The Joyce Chen Small Eating Place" 1968.Offering only one menu with both English and Chinese one for Chinese customer's, and one for American's with "Americanized versions of the Chinese cuisine," according to her daughter, Helen Chen.
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Simplifying communication between Chinese and non-Chinese restaurant workers by numbering menu items.Some of the changing dishes in the buffet were not offered in her regular menus.
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Introducing authentic Chinese dishes by incorporating them into a restaurant buffet, which she initiated to increase business on slow week nights.Coining the term Peking Raviolis or Ravs for potstickers in the Boston area (The term is now used around the globe.).In 1958, introducing Chinese Dumplings at her first restaurant, the "Joyce Chen Restaurant".Popularizing Chinese authentic cuisine, including Peking Duck, Moo Shi Pork, Scallion Pancake, and Hot and Sour Soup.It’s my pleasure to share with you highlights of my mother’s remarkable career. My mother, who died in 1994, is well known for her accomplishments as a chef, restaurant owner, businesswoman, and patenting and marketing the flat bottom wok with a handle. I am thankful to the New-York Historical Society, which has included my mother in its exhibit (Septemto April 19, 2015), "Chinese Americans: Exclusion/Inclusion." Cambridge MA's mayor David Maher, and postmaster Katherine Lydon held another reception to honor Cantabrigians* Joyce Chen and Julia Child on October 29, 2014. The stamps were unveiled at an event in Chicago on September 26, 2014. From her landmark restaurant in the Boston area to her cookbooks and trailblazing PBS television show, Chen invited newcomers to sample unfamiliar dishes in ways that firmly established Chinese cuisine in the United States.”
#CHEF CHEN PHONE NUMBER SERIES#
Released on September 26, 2014, this series commemorates five chefs who revolutionized cuisine in the United States - Joyce Chen, Julia Child, James Beard, Edna Lewis, and Felipe Rojas-Lombari.Īccording to the USPS, “Joyce Chen is one of America’s greatest popularizers of Chinese food. It is with immense pride that I share with you the news that Postal Service has honored the legacy of my mother, Joyce Chen, by including her in its Celebrity Chef Forever stamp series.
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by Stephen Chen, president of Joyce Chen Foods