It’s Black History Month! Mardi Gras is coming up!

Let’s celebrate the fascinating story of chef, cookbook author and entrepreneur Lena Richard, the woman who built a culinary empire during the Jim Crow era and helped put the Creole cooking traditions of New Orleans cuisine on the map.

The menu and conversation are inspired by New Orleans Cook Book of 1939.

Menu:
Sazerac
White Rice
Shrimp and Sausage Gumbo
Beignets

90 minutes
$25

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image: Cookbook author Lena Richard (with her daughter and sous chef Marie Rhodes) was the star of a 1949 popular 30-minute cooking show, airing on New Orleans' WDSU-TV. Courtesy of Newcomb Archive, Vorhoff Library Special Collections, Tulane University