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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Leah "Dookie" Chase.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Leah "Dookie" Chase.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Additional Authors
  • Chase, Leah
  • Crowe, Larry F.
  • Stearns, Scott
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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
Subjects
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:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
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.
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