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Dooky Chase's Restaurant, a New Orleans landmark and celebrated bastion of fine Creole food, has welcomed notable individuals as well as thousands of locals through its doors since opening in 1941. The unquestionable authority in the restaurant's kitchen for many of those years, Leah Chase offers here a collection of recipes from the restaurant menu and her personal files that have delighted patrons for decades...Presented here from the original edition published in 1990 are recipes and sentiments that will be forever intertwined with the history of New Orleans.