Americas Unknown Celebrity Chef
When Lena Richard cooked her first chicken on television, she beat Julia Child to the screen by over a decade. At a time when most African American women cooks worked behind swinging kitchen doors, Richard claimed her place as a culinary authority, broadcasting in the living rooms of New Orleans\u2019s elite white families. She was an entrepreneur, educator, author, and an icon \u2013 and her legacy lives on in her recipes. Today: her improbable rise to prominence, and her famous gumbo.