Family Meal: New Orleans Dooky Chases' gumbo, jambalaya and fried chicken by chef Leah Chase, the Creole Queen. Credit: Brent Humphreys
Family Meal: Four chefs, one extraordinary city
CNN's Family Meal documentary traces the stories of four chefs -- Leah Chase, Emeril Lagasse, Donald Link and Nina Compton -- in the extraordinary city of New Orleans.
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Family Meal: New Orleans Dooky Chases' gumbo, jambalaya and fried chicken by chef Leah Chase, the Creole Queen. Credit: Brent Humphreys
Family Meal: Four chefs, one extraordinary city
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