you made it look like me,'" she said. In the Smithsonian Clothing A red chef's coat that was owned and used by Chase is at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Paintings Blache's painting, Cutting Squash, from the exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art was acquired for its permanent collection by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in 2011. "We are always looking for portraits of nationally prominent figures," said Brandon Fortune (chief curator). "It is a very interesting image of a woman at work, doing a very simple task, cutting squash ... But in some ways it transcends the everyday and becomes something of national significance." Chase has two paintings owned by The National Museum of African American History and Culture branch of the Smithsonian from the Blache series, including Leah Red Coat Stirring (Sketch). Exhibition catalogue The catalogue for the exhibition Leah Chase: Paintings by Gustave Blache III was published by Hudson Hills Press in the Fall of 2012. See also Cajun cuisine References External links Leah Chase New Orleans Online About the Chef ~ Leah Chase Dooky Chase's Restaurant Lifetime Achievement Award – Leah Chase Southern Foodways Alliance (2000) Allen, Carol Listen, I Say Like This (biography of Leah Chase) (2002) Leah Chase of Dooky Chase Restaurant St. Mary's Academy Newsletter Can New Orleans Get Cooking Again? Los Angeles Daily News (November 8, 2005) Leah Chase's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project Audio interview with Leah Chase, New Orleans PodCasting (November 21, 2006) "Mrs. Leah Chase" article, Where Y'At Magazine, July 2008 1923 births 2019 deaths American women restaurateurs American restaurateurs American television chefs Businesspeople from New Orleans Women cookbook writers Writers from New Orleans People from St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana American women chefs James Beard Foundation Award winners African-American chefs American people of French descent American people of Spanish descent Louisiana Creole people Chefs from New Orleans Chefs from Louisiana African-American Catholics 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people Roman Catholic activists 21st-century African-American women