Joyce Chen started with a 250-seat restaurant, went to 350 and only grew her empire from there
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.
Attend meetings on LGBTQ+ issues, Alewife, Arpa funds, the upcoming budget and more
Public meetings this week look at LGBTQ+ issues, Alewife zoning and development, the use of federal Covid recovery funds, the budget for the next fiscal year, a school district sexual misconduct policy, implementing a 988 crisis line and some food, drink and event issues – including a new bubble tea business for Harvard Square.
Attend meetings on $22M in direct family aid, $787.9M budget, municipal broadband, more
Public meetings this week look at $22 million in direct-aid for lower-income families, the city’s budget for the next fiscal year, a moratorium on construction of labs and offices around Alewife, a Fresh Pond beer garden, bike lanes on Brattle Street, municipal broadband and ideas for improving The Port and the future of Cambridge Street.
Cabbage white butterflies eat their greens, though they also eat a great deal of ours
The first butterfly you probably see each year – and the one you see the most frequently in the summer and fall – is the cabbage white, which has grown abundant and widespread on a diet of vegetables such as cabbage, kale, bok choy, turnips, radishes, horseradish and broccoli.