Travel Leah Chase, civil rights activist and ‘Queen of Creole Cuisine’ at Dooky Chase, dies at 96 June 2, 2019Greg Hilburn, Monroe News StarComments Off on Leah Chase, civil rights activist and ‘Queen of Creole Cuisine’ at Dooky Chase, dies at 96 New Orleans legend and civil rights activist Leah Chase of Dooky Chase's Restaurant cooked with a secret ingredient: "Love."