Leah Chase or Food for Thought

Leah Chase: Listen, I Say Like This

Author: Carol Allen

Leah Chase thinks she's like everybody else. She's not. She doesn't think the things she does are out of the ordinary. They are. She is an ordinary person who has struggled quietly and persistently for years, believing in herself and her fellow human beings, with faith that she can improve her world. The story of Leah Chase is the story of a black Creole girl raised in Madisonville, Louisiana, who defied the accepted conventions for women at the time and grew into a woman to be reckoned with. In her roles at the helm of the Dooky Chase Restaurant (one of the most famous Creole restaurants in the country), as a nationally respected patron of the arts, and as a community and civic leader, she has grown to the level of folk hero in both the black and white communities of New Orleans. Leah Chase is a living legend far beyond the boundaries of the city. Leah Chase is a woman who speaks her mind. Her tremendous personal strength and deep religious faith have carried her through the sudden loss of her daughter, a bombing during the Civil Rights era, and boycotts, and have helped keep the peace in her marriage. Told in part in her own words, and through the reflections of others, Leah Chase: Listen, I Say Like This shares the events that have shaped the life of this woman and how she has, in turn, shaped the life of her community. Reading her story inspires one to think, "If she can do it, maybe I can too."

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	9
	Introduction	11
Chapter 1	Madisonville	15
Chapter 2	Moving On	25
Chapter 3	Love and Sacrifice	29
Chapter 4	You Do What You Have to Do	41
Chapter 5	Kitchen Ambassador	49
Chapter 6	Just Feeding Our Clients	67
Chapter 7	I Just Pray and Keep Going	79
Chapter 8	Art Smoothes the Edges	91
Chapter 9	Forty Ducks and Dutch	115
Chapter 10	A Bunch of Cayoudles	123
Chapter 11	The Next Generation	131
Chapter 12	Listen, I Say Like This	139
	Epilogue	155
	Appendix	163
	Notes	167
	Bibliography	179
	Index	183

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