Sidedoor: America’s Unknown Celebrity Chef

No, we’re not talking about a new reality game show, we’re talking about the most well-known and influential chef you’ve never heard of.

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.

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