Hortensia's Garden
dooky chase kitchen: leah's legacy

Chef Leah Chase's mother, Hortensia Lange, was an inventive Creole cook who fed her large family in rural Madisonville with fresh produce from the family's garden. In this episode Chefs Dook and Zoe Chase recreate Hortensia's Vegetable Soup, then give a nod to the Lange family's strawberry patch with Leah's Strawberry Shortcake and a Strawberry Spritzer from Eve Marie Haydel.

Episode Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 104

About Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah's Legacy:

THE DOOKY CHASE KITCHEN: LEAH'S LEGACY is a new cooking series that showcases the Treme restaurant and local landmark where chef Leah Chase became known as the "Queen of Creole Cuisine." The series is shot on location in the Dooky Chase kitchen with dishes prepared by younger generations of the Chase family who have led the restaurant since Leah's death in 2019.

In themed episodes that trace the history of the restaurant and its founders, viewers are introduced to Leah's grandson, Edgar "Dook" Chase IV, who now oversees the restaurant's kitchen; her niece Cleo Robinson, who joined Leah in the kitchen in 1980; and the restaurant's newest chef, Leah's great-granddaughter Zoe Chase.

Paired with some of the menus are specialty cocktails crafted by Leah's granddaughter Eve Marie Haydel, who has updated drink recipes from the restaurant's earlier days.

Leah continues to inspire people through the food now prepared by those who carry on her unwavering commitment to the people of New Orleans.

Dook Chase speaks for the family when he says, "My grandmother's motto that she lived by was 'Pray, work and do for others.' That was a seed planted into us and what we continue to live by."


Future Broadcast times for "Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah's Legacy": (show all)

Sun, Dec 8 5:00 P.M. The Queen of Creole Cuisine     NH Create (11.4)
Mon, Dec 9 6:30 P.M. Potluck     NH Create (11.4)
Mon, Dec 9 8:30 P.M. Potluck     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Dec 10 12:00 A.M. Potluck     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Dec 10 6:30 P.M. Father's Day Breakfast     NH Create (11.4)
Tue, Dec 10 8:30 P.M. Father's Day Breakfast     NH Create (11.4)
Wed, Dec 11 12:00 A.M. Father's Day Breakfast     NH Create (11.4)
Wed, Dec 11 6:30 P.M. Christmas Traditions     NH Create (11.4)
Wed, Dec 11 8:30 P.M. Christmas Traditions     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Dec 12 12:00 A.M. Christmas Traditions     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Dec 12 6:30 P.M. Culinary School     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Dec 12 8:30 P.M. Culinary School     NH Create (11.4)
Fri, Dec 13 12:00 A.M. Culinary School     NH Create (11.4)
Fri, Dec 13 6:30 P.M. Dooky Chase's Second Act     NH Create (11.4)
Fri, Dec 13 8:30 P.M. Dooky Chase's Second Act     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Dec 14 2:30 A.M. Dooky Chase's Second Act     NH Create (11.4)


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