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Audio Recording Leah Chase, Chef and Owner of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. New Orleans, Louisiana.

Leah Chase, Chef and Owner of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Leah Chase, chef and owner of the legendary Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in New Orleans talks with documentarian Candacy Taylor in her bustling restaurant for the Occupational Folklife Project “The Green Book: Documenting African American Entrepreneurs.” More than just a James Beard award-winning eating establishment, Dooky Chase’s has served patrons that range from Presidents to Civil Rights leaders and celebrities to Louisianans in search of great food – and explains why she had to slap President Obama’s hand when he tried to put hot sauce on her gumbo.

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  • Leah Chase, Chef and Owner of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. New Orleans, Louisiana.

Running Time

  • 6.46

Speakers

  • Leah Chase
  • Candacy Taylor
  • Nancy Groce

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  • web page
  • pdf
  • audio

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  • America Works

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Leah Chase, Chef and Owner of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. New Orleans, Louisiana. 2024. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/podcasts/2024-02-29/leah-chase-chef-and-owner-of-dooky-chases-restaurant-new-orleans-louisiana/.

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(2024) Leah Chase, Chef and Owner of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. New Orleans, Louisiana. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/podcasts/2024-02-29/leah-chase-chef-and-owner-of-dooky-chases-restaurant-new-orleans-louisiana/.

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Leah Chase, Chef and Owner of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. New Orleans, Louisiana. 2024. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/podcasts/2024-02-29/leah-chase-chef-and-owner-of-dooky-chases-restaurant-new-orleans-louisiana/>.