FILE — Leah Chase, the nation’s pre-eminent Creole chef, at her restaurant, Dooky Chase’s, in New Orleans, Nov. 21, 2000. Chase, whose restaurant was the only upscale establishment that welcomed African-Americans and was a gathering place for civil rights leaders, died on June 1, 2019, at her son’s home near her restaurant in New Orleans. She was 96. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times) XNYT87 XNYT87