Known as the “Queen of Creole Cuisine”, Leah Chase, co-founder of the renowned Dookie Chase Restaurant in New Orleans, LA., will be engaged in conversation with Culinary historian, Jessica Harris, Ph.D. about her life, creativity, and entrepreneurial drive to take Dooky Chase’s Restaurant from its promising beginnings as a sandwich shop to a thriving restaurant on Sunday, June 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. Chase’s books, And Still I Cook and the Dooky Chase Cookbook will be available for sale and signing.