Leah Chase: Listen, I Say Like This

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Author: Carol Allen

ISBN-10: 1589800486

ISBN-13: 9781589800489

Category: African American General Biography

Leah Lange Chase was raised in a small, country town across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans. With the values instilled in her by devoted parents-hard work, faith, and family-she soon grew into a woman to be reckoned with. In her roles as chef of the most popular Creole restaurant in New Orleans, nationally respected patron of the arts, and civic leader, she has influenced the world around her in important ways. Reading her story makes one think, "If she can do it, maybe I can too."

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Leah Chase was raised in a small, country town across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans. With the values instilled in her by devoted parents—hard work, faith and family—she soon grew into a woman to be reckoned with. In her roles as chef of the most popular Creole restaurant in New Orleans, nationally respected patron of the arts, and civic leader, she has influenced the world around her in important ways. Reading her story in this, her only biography, makes one think, "If she can do it, maybe I can too. "

Acknowledgments9Introduction11Chapter 1Madisonville15Chapter 2Moving On25Chapter 3Love and Sacrifice29Chapter 4You Do What You Have to Do41Chapter 5Kitchen Ambassador49Chapter 6Just Feeding Our Clients67Chapter 7I Just Pray and Keep Going79Chapter 8Art Smoothes the Edges91Chapter 9Forty Ducks and Dutch115Chapter 10A Bunch of Cayoudles123Chapter 11The Next Generation131Chapter 12Listen, I Say Like This139Epilogue155Appendix163Notes167Bibliography179Index183