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What 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.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readShe 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. She was the matriarch of Dooky Chase, a New Orleans institution that has stood through Jim Crow and Hurricane Katrina. Author and filmmaker Lolis Eric Elie joins Good Food to remember her life and legacy.
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Leah Chase’s legacy, tiki bar origins, sake school- 0:00What Creole chef Leah Chase meant to the worldYou’re reading this
- 10:15Rick Bragg remembers his mother’s Southern table
- 22:06How Filipino bartenders shaped the origins of the Tiki bar
- 31:33Sake 101: Lessons from Echo Park’s newest sake bar
- 41:41Bill Addison raves about the Michelin-starred Hayato at the Row DTLA
- 46:21Market Report: California King Salmon
The full episode
1 of 6Leah Chase’s legacy, tiki bar origins, sake school- 0:00What Creole chef Leah Chase meant to the worldYou’re reading this
- 10:15Rick Bragg remembers his mother’s Southern table
- 22:06How Filipino bartenders shaped the origins of the Tiki bar
- 31:33Sake 101: Lessons from Echo Park’s newest sake bar
- 41:41Bill Addison raves about the Michelin-starred Hayato at the Row DTLA
- 46:21Market Report: California King Salmon