- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 46 min., 45 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Chef and culinary professor Leah Chase was born January 6, 1923, in New Orleans. She was known as the "Queen of Creole Cuisine," Chase attended St. Mary's Academy in 1937. In 1945, Chase married musician Edgar "Dooky" Chase, whose parents owned the Dooky Chase Restaurant. Chase helped developing the restaurant's atmosphere and earned a reputation as a Creole chef. The restaurant was known for its food and African American art. Some of Chase's many awards include a 1997 New Orleans Times Picayune Loving Cup Award; the Weiss Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews; and the Outstanding Woman Award from the National Council of Negro Women. She was on the board of the Arts Council of New Orleans; and the New Orleans Urban League. Chase made guest appearances on televised cooking programs, and worked as a visiting culinary professor at Nichols State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Leah "Dookie" Chase
- Leah "Dookie" Chase
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1000513952
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Leah "Dookie" Chase.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
014645
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded New Orleans, Louisiana 2002 November 15.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Chef Restaurateur.
- Added Author
Chase, Leah, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.