Jun 24, 2019

This podcast is the last of three interviews with Leah Chase. I am revisiting this series of interviews in memory of our great New Orleans Queen of the Kitchen, whom we lost on June 1, 2019. In this conversation on February 5, 2012, Leah talks about her parents and shares reminiscences about how she was raised. She...

Jun 17, 2019

This 2012 interview is the second of three memorial podcasts in honor of New Orleans' beloved culinary ambassador, Leah Chase. In the conversation, Leah's wonderful enthusiasm for cooking shines through as she describes the importance of making her guests feel at home.  Leah Chase passed away in New Orleans on June, 1,...

Jun 3, 2019

New Orleans lost a great friend in Leah Chase on June 1, 2019. Leah Chase was Chef at Dooky Chase's restaurant and a beloved culinary icon in New Orleans and beyond. Many knew her as the Queen of Creole Cuisine but perhaps Leah Chase's biggest accomplishment was as a civil rights activist.

As a tribute to Leah, I will...