![Sidedoor artwork](https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts123/v4/74/d9/c9/74d9c979-baf5-d048-b559-3337cbe33f58/mza_4130380724955500224.png/100x100bb.jpg)
America's Unknown Celebrity Chef
Sidedoor
English - March 24, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsSociety & Culture exhibits air and space american history zoo natural history megan detrie museum exhibit sidedoor history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: A Very Cold Case
Next Episode: Hot Bird Summer
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.