Joyce Chen was Boston’s first real celebrity restaurateur and holds indisputable importance in U.S. culinary history. In the same era Julia Child was changing America’s palates through French cooking, Chen was doing just that with regional Chinese, introducing dishes such as Peking duck, hot and sour soup and moo shu pork.

Join History Cambridge on Sunday on a food tour of Central Square featuring tastings and behind-the-scenes stops at La Fábrica Central, The Middle East and Artifact Cider Project to eat, drink, learn and support our mission to tell the stories of all Cantabrigians.

Cantabrigians, like their counterparts throughout the nation, expressed ambivalence to the workers in their midst in the wake of Chicago’s violent Haymarket Affair and the trial of the so-called “Chicago Eight.” Over the next three decades, workers tried to ease tensions while advocating for better conditions.

Although George Washington and his contemporaries in military and political leadership are widely recognized and lauded for their accomplishments, it was the vast legions of ordinary people, women and Blacks chief among them, who fueled the engine of Revolution in Cambridge and beyond.

The Charles River has a long history of Earth Day cleanups and working toward the goal of making the Charles River swimmable again – as it hasn’t been since 1951.

The Cambridge Plant & Garden Club has just completed a two-year project, “Cambridge Community Gardens Today,” a 72-page booklet describing and celebrating the diversity of the 14 community gardens throughout the city.

Cambridge has a dozen elementary schools, all with names reflecting a complex history of people deserving honors – sometimes replacing people we decide do not – that might come after moves, divisions or mergers.

Throughout Cambridge’s history, women have led the charge in creating change, progress and growth for the city. Their contributions have inspired individuals and moved Cambridge forward.

In preserving some almost-lost pieces of Necco history, the founder of the Candy Wrapper Museum became convinced it should be shared with the world in a book – a piece of New England’s confectionery legacy composed of Necco candy wrappers and ephemera.

The Irish community’s first U.S. celebrations honoring St. Patrick were described in Cambridge papers as an excuse for drunkenness, violence and other unsavory behavior. It wasn’t long before the events were filled instead with breakfasts, lectures and concerts – all very publicly devoid of alcohol and on the path to mainstream acceptance.