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Leah Chase’s legacy, tiki bar origins, sake school
This week we remember the pioneering Creole chef Leah Chase. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg has written a loving ode to his mom’s Southern table. Plus, we get an education on the origins of tiki bars as well as the nuances of sake.
By Evan Kleiman • • 56m ListenThis week we remember the pioneering Creole chef Leah Chase. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg has written a loving ode to his mom’s Southern table. Plus, we get an education on the origins of tiki bars as well as the nuances of sake.
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6 storiesWhat Creole chef Leah Chase meant to the world
She was the Queen of Creole, and a friend to civil rights leaders and U.S. presidents. Leah Chase passed away June 1, 2019 at the age of 96.
Read the story10 minRick Bragg remembers his mother’s Southern table
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg has written a memoir about his Southern upbringing . Growing up in Possum Trot, Alabama, Bragg’s palate was irrevocably shaped by his mother’s “blue collar” style of Southern cooking.
Read the story12 minHow Filipino bartenders shaped the origins of the Tiki bar
Tiki bars are arguably making a comeback these days. For many, these bars represent innocent nostalgia—an escape to an exotic, tropical past.
Read the story9 minSake 101: Lessons from Echo Park’s newest sake bar
Sommelier Courtney Kaplan and her partner chef Charles Namba recently opened Ototo , a sake bar in Echo Park next to their popular izakaya, Tsubaki .
Read the story10 minBill Addison raves about the Michelin-starred Hayato at the Row DTLA
Chef Brandon Go recently turned heads when he earned his first Michelin star only a year and a half after opening Hayato at the Row DTLA .
Read the story5 minMarket Report: California King Salmon
California king salmon, or chinook, is back in season. This week Gillian Ferguson talks about the prized fish with Max Dornbush , a buyer with Gjelina Restaurant Group . She also visits with Molly Allison of Wild Local Seafood .
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