Joyce Chen (chef)

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Joyce Chen, née Liao, Chinese name Liao Jia-ai (Chinese: 廖家艾; September 14, 1917 – August 23, 1994) was a Chinese-American chef, restaurateur, author, television personality, and entrepreneur. Chen was credited with popularizing northern-style Chinese cuisine in the United States, coining the name "Peking Ravioli" for potstickers, inventing and holding a design patent for a flat bottom wok with handle, and developing the first line of bottled Chinese stir fry sauces for the U.S. market. Starting in 1958, she operated several popular Chinese restaurants in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Chen was diagnosed with dementia in 1985, and died in 1994. Her accomplishments and influence on American cuisine were honored by the US Postal Service and by the city of Cambridge.

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