Leah Chase, Chef and Owner of Dooky Chases Restaurant. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Leah Chase, chef and owner of the legendary Dooky Chase\u2019s Restaurant in New Orleans talks with documentarian Candacy Taylor in her bustling restaurant for the Occupational Folklife Project \u201cThe Green Book: Documenting African American Entrepreneurs.\u201d More than just a James Beard award-winning eating establishment, Dooky Chase\u2019s has served patrons that range from Presidents to Civil Rights leaders and celebrities to Louisianans in search of great food \u2013 and explains why she had to slap President Obama\u2019s hand when he tried to put hot sauce on her gumbo.