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Before Kenji and Deb, there was Lena

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Content provided by Deb Perelman & J. Kenji López-Alt, Deb Perelman, and J. Kenji López-Alt. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Deb Perelman & J. Kenji López-Alt, Deb Perelman, and J. Kenji López-Alt or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Deb and Kenji are taking a break this week. Please enjoy this classic episode from our friends at Sidedoor, "America’s Unknown Celebrity Chef".

For more information, visit Sidedoor's episode page, and subscribe to Sidedoor on your favorite podcast player.

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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’s elite white families. She was an entrepreneur, educator, author, and an icon – and her legacy lives on in her recipes. Today: her improbable rise to prominence, and her famous gumbo.

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Manage episode 476936866 series 3548419
Content provided by Deb Perelman & J. Kenji López-Alt, Deb Perelman, and J. Kenji López-Alt. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Deb Perelman & J. Kenji López-Alt, Deb Perelman, and J. Kenji López-Alt or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Deb and Kenji are taking a break this week. Please enjoy this classic episode from our friends at Sidedoor, "America’s Unknown Celebrity Chef".

For more information, visit Sidedoor's episode page, and subscribe to Sidedoor on your favorite podcast player.

******************************

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’s elite white families. She was an entrepreneur, educator, author, and an icon – and her legacy lives on in her recipes. Today: her improbable rise to prominence, and her famous gumbo.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
  continue reading

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