Political Quotes

“I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 90th birthday of the ``Queen of Creole Cuisine,'' Mrs. Leah Chase of New Orleans, LA. Mrs. Chase was born in Madisonville, LA on January 6, 1923, and moved to New Orleans as a teenager to attend high school. It was in New Orleans that she developed her love for food and feeding others. Mrs. Chase married her husband, Edgar ``Dooky'' Chase Jr., in 1946, and they took over the family business--one of the best-known and most culturally significant restaurants in New Orleans, Dooky Chase's. Mrs. Chase has cooked for jazz royalty, like Duke Ellington; for heads of state--among them Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama; and for the civil rights movement's greatest champions, like Justice Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And though she is well-known for having catered to America's history makers, perhaps her greatest achievement is having quietly created a community where people are taken care of, no matter their situation in life. Mrs. Chase always takes care of those in need. She makes it a point to know not only the names of her patrons, but also their stories. And that feeling of a closely knit community where people look out for each other is why New Orleanians have been dining with Mrs. Chase for three generations. They are family to her, just like her four children, sixteen grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Chase has received too many awards to mention.…”