Leah Chase

Leyah ( Leah ) Chase  (née Lange ; Janairu 6, 1923 - Yuni 1, 2019) ƙwararriyar mai dafa abinci ce 'yar Amurka da ke zaune a New Orleans, Louisiana . Marubuciya kuma mai hazaka a talabijin, an san ta da Sarauniyar Abincin Creole, tana fafutukar fasahar Baƙar fata da girkin Creole . Gidan abincinta, Dooky Chase, an san shi da wurin taruwa a shekarun 1960 tsakanin mutane da yawa waɗanda suka shiga cikin Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Bil'adama,  kuma an san shi da gidan tarihi saboda tarin fasahar Baƙar fata da Amurkawa. A shekarar 2018 an sanya masa suna ɗaya daga cikin manyan gidajen cin abinci 40 na shekaru 40 da suka gabata ta Food &amp; Wine .

Chase ta sami kyaututtuka da kyaututtuka da yawa. A cikin tarihin rayuwarta ta 2002, kyaututtuka da kyaututtukan Chase sun mamaye shafuka biyu. name="autogenerated1"> An shigar da Chase cikin Gidauniyar James Beard mai suna Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America a 2010.  An karrama ta da kyautar nasara ta rayuwa daga Southern Foodways Alliance a 2000.  Chase ta sami digirin girmamawa daga Jami'ar Tulane, Jami'ar Dillard,   Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Madonna College,  Loyola University New Orleans,  da Johnson &amp; Wales University . An ba ta lambar yabo ta Times-Picayune Loving Cup a 1997.   Gidan Tarihi na Abinci da Abin Sha na Southern da ke New Orleans, Louisiana, an sanya mata suna a matsayin gidan tarihi na dindindin don girmama Chase a 2009.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Leah Chase ga iyayen Katolika Creole, a ranar 6 ga Janairun shekarar 1923, a Madisonville, Louisiana .  Kakanninta sun haɗa da 'yan Afirka, Faransanci, da Sifaniyanci. Mahaifin Chase mai kauri ne a Jahncke Shipyard kuma kakarta ma'aikaciyar jinya ce kuma ungozoma.  Chase ita ce ta biyu mafi tsufa a cikin yara 13, a cewar jaridar The New York Times ;  wasu majiyoyi sun ba da rahoton cewa tana da 'yan'uwa 10 ko 13  name=":3"> . Tana da shekaru shida lokacin da Babban Bala'in Yaɗuwa ya faru kuma daga baya ta tuna cewa sun rayu a kan amfanin gona da iyalin suka shuka kansu - okra, wake, ganye - da tufafin da aka yi da buhu waɗanda ke ɗauke da shinkafa da gari . Yaran sun taimaka wajen noma ƙasar, musamman a gonar strawberry mai fadin eka 20 da dangin mahaifinta suka mallaka, wanda Chase ya bayyana a matsayin muhimmin ɓangare na iliminta na abinci:Kullum ina cewa yana da kyau a zo a ƙaramin gari na karkara domin ana koya game da dabbobi. Yara a yau ba su san abincin da suke ci ba. Idan ka zo a wani gari na ƙauye, inda ake noma, kiwon shanu, kiwon kaji, ka san waɗannan abubuwan ... Lokacin da muka je girkin strawberries, dole ne mu yi tafiya mai nisa mil huɗu ko biyar a cikin daji kuma ka koyi abin da za ka iya ci. Ka san za ka iya cin wannan mayhaw, za ka iya cin muscadines . Ka san hakan, kana girma a cikin daji. Ka san abubuwa kawai. Ya kamata ka yaba da abubuwa. Madisonville, wani gari da aka ware, ba shi da makarantar sakandare ta Katolika ga yara baƙar fata, don haka Chase ya ƙaura zuwa New Orleans don zama tare da dangi da kuma neman ilimin Katolika a Kwalejin St. Mary . 

Asalin Chase ya fi mayar da hankali ne a Louisiana, inda kakanin kaka ɗaya ne kawai aka haifa a wani wuri. Kakanin ta ya ƙunshi kabilu da dama, ciki har da Baƙar fata, Sifaniyanci, da Faransanci. Kakanninta sun haɗa da ɗaya daga cikin Baƙar fata na farko da ya yi aiki a Majalisar Wakilai ta Jihar Louisiana (1868–1870). 

 Farkon aikina 
Bayan kammala karatun sakandare, Leah ta riƙe wasu ayyuka, ciki har da yin alama a allon doki na wani mai yin biki a New Orleans, inda ita ce mace ta farko da ta yi hakan kuma mai kula da 'yan dambe biyu marasa ƙwarewa.  Aikin da Chase ya fi so shi ne yin aiki a matsayin mai hidimar abinci a Gidan Abinci na Colonial da The Coffee Pot (wanda aka sake masa suna "Cafe Beignet at the Old Coffee Pot")  a cikin French Quarter da ke New Orleans tare da biyan "$1 a rana". 

 Gidan cin abinci na Dooky Chase 
A shekarar 1946, ta auri mai busar jazz kuma shugaban ƙungiyar mawaƙa Edgar "Dooky" Chase II. Iyayensa suna da wurin tsayawa a gefen titi a Tremé, wanda aka kafa a shekarar 1941, wanda ke sayar da tikitin caca da sandwiches na po-boy na gida.  Chase ta fara aiki a ɗakin girki a gidan cin abinci a shekarun 1950, kuma bayan wani lokaci, Leah da Dooky suka karɓi wurin tsayawa suka mayar da shi wurin zama, Gidan Abinci na Dooky Chase . Daga ƙarshe ta sabunta menu don nuna girke-girke na Creole na iyalinta da kuma girke-girke - kamar Shrimp Clemenceau - in ba haka ba ana samun su ne kawai a wuraren da fararen fata kawai ke zaune inda aka hana ta da masu kula da ita.  A shekarar 2018, Food & Wine ta sanya gidan cin abinci a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan gidajen cin abinci 40 na shekaru 40 da suka gabata. 

 Ƙungiyar kare haƙƙin jama'a 
Dooky Chase ya zama ruwan dare a cikin al'ummomin baƙar fata na New Orleans, kuma zuwa shekarun 1960, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin wuraren jama'a kawai a New Orleans inda Baƙar fata Amurkawa za su iya haɗuwa su tattauna dabarun yayin fafutukar kare haƙƙin jama'a . Leah da mijinta Edgar za su karɓi baƙuncin masu shirya kamfen ɗin yin rijistar masu zaɓe baƙar fata, NAACP, tarurrukan siyasa na baƙar fata da sauran shugabannin farar hula da yawa a gidan abincinsu, gami da shugabannin kare haƙƙin jama'a na gida A.<span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwrw">&nbsp;</span>P. Tureaud da Ernest "Dutch" Morial, sannan daga baya Martin Luther King Jr. da Freedom Riders .

Za su yi tarurrukan sirri da tattaunawa kan dabarun sirri a ɗakunan taronta na sama yayin da take ba su gumbo da soyayyen kaza .  Dooky Chase ta shahara sosai har duk da cewa jami'an yankin sun san game da waɗannan tarurrukan "ba bisa ƙa'ida ba", jami'an tsaro na birni ko na yankin ba za su iya hana su ko rufe ƙofofi ba saboda haɗarin fuskantar martanin jama'a.  

Gidan cin abinci na Dooky Chase ya kasance muhimmin wuri lokacin da King da Freedom Riders suka zo don koyo daga Baton Rouge Bus Boycott . Yayin da King da Freedom Riders suka fara shirya kauracewa bas a Montgomery, za su yi taro da shugabannin farar hula daga New Orleans da Baton Rouge a ɗakunan taro na Dooky Chase don koyo game da kauracewa bas a Baton Rouge. Tsarin da kuma tsarin kauracewa bas na Montgomery ya samo asali ne daga kauracewa a Baton Rouge.

Duk da cewa babu bankuna mallakar baƙar fata a cikin al'ummomin 'yan Afirka-Amurka, mutane kan je Dooky Chase a ranakun Juma'a, inda Leah Chase da mijinta za su karɓi ceki ga amintaccen abokan ciniki a mashaya. Daren Juma'a ya zama ruwan dare, domin mutane za su karɓi ceki, su sha abin sha, sannan su yi odar wani ɗan kasuwa. 

 Tarin zane-zane 
Chase ta yi karatun fasaha a makarantar sakandare,  amma saboda an raba gidajen tarihi a Jim Crow South, tana da shekaru 54 a karon farko da ta ziyarci wani gidan tarihi na fasaha, tare da Celestine Cook . Cook ita ce Ba’amurke ɗan Afirka ta farko da ta zauna a kwamitin Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na New Orleans, wanda Chase shi ma ya shiga a 1972.   Chase ta fara ba da tallafin buɗe gidajen tarihi ga masu fasaha na farko a lokacin 'Yancin Bil'adama,  kuma ta fara tattara zane-zanen Ba’amurke ɗan Afirka bayan mijinta ya ba ta zanen Jacob Lawrence . Ba da daɗewa ba ta fara nuna zane-zane da sassaka da dama na masu fasaha 'yan Afirka kamar Elizabeth Catlett da John T. Biggers,   da kuma hayar mawakan gida don su yi wasa a mashayarta.  Baya ga yin aiki a kwamitin Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na New Orleans, tana cikin kwamitin Majalisar Fasaha ta New Orleans, Gidan Tarihi na Yara na Louisiana, Ƙungiyar Urban ta Greater New Orleans, da Gidauniyar Greater New Orleans. 

 Guguwar Katrina 
Wurin Dooky Chase na Unguwar 6 ta New Orleans ya fuskanci ambaliyar ruwa sakamakon guguwar Katrina, kuma Chase da mijinta sun shafe fiye da shekara guda suna zaune a cikin tirela ta FEMA a gefen titi daga gidan abincin. Pope, John (June 2, 2019). "Leah Chase, New Orleans' matriarch of Creole cuisine, dead at 96". nola.com. Retrieved June 2, 2019. Domin ceton tarin fasahar Chase ta Baƙar fata-Amurkawa daga lalacewa, jikanta ya ajiye tarin fasahar a cikin ma'ajiyar. Al'ummar gidan abincin New Orleans sun taru a ranar 14 ga Afrilu, 2006 (Alhamis Mai Tsarki) don gudanar da wani fa'ida,  suna cajin $75 zuwa $500 ga kowane mutum don gumbo z'herbes, soyayyen kaza, da pudding na burodi a wani gidan cin abinci mai kyau na French Quarter. Baƙi sun cinye galan 50 na gumbo kuma sun tara $40,000 ga Mrs. Chase mai shekaru 82.  Yayin da take aiki don sake buɗe gidan abincin, Chase ta kuma shiga ƙungiyar mata ta Storm, ƙungiyar mata daga unguwannin birnin waɗanda suka haɗu don neman kuɗi don dawo da New Orleans da sauran al'ummomi bayan guguwar Katrina da Rita .   Chase tana ɗaya daga cikin matan da ke da alaƙa da ƙungiyar da ta tashi zuwa Washington, DC, don yin magana da Majalisa da Fadar White House.   

 Sake buɗewa da kuma yabo 
Bayan sake buɗe ƙofofin Dooky Chase's, Leah Chase ta ciyar da abincin Creole ɗinta ga manyan mutane da yawa, ciki har da Shugabannin Amurka George W. Bush da Barack Obama .  Wanda aka fi sani da Sarauniyar Creole Cuisine, Leah Chase ta lashe kyaututtuka da nasarori da yawa a rayuwarta. NOLA.com ta ba ta kyautar "Mafi Kyawun Kaza Soyayye a New Orleans" a 2014.  Ta sami kyautar James Beard Lifetime Achievement a 2016 saboda aikinta na rayuwa, wanda ya yi tasiri mai kyau da ɗorewa kan yadda mutane ke ci, dafa abinci, da kuma tunanin abinci a New Orleans.  Shahararrun masu dafa abinci a duniya, kamar John Besh da Emeril Lagasse, sun girmama Leah Chase kuma sun yaba mata da ingantaccen abincin Creole . Chase ya ciyar da shahararrun mutane, 'yan siyasa da masu fafutuka, kamar Hank Aaron, Bill Cosby, Lena Horne, James Baldwin, da sauran fitattun mutane a cikin al'ummar Baƙar fata. A cikin waƙar "Early in the Morning," Ray Charles ya rera, "Na je Dooky Chase don in kawo mini wani abu da zan ci."  

Kamfanin Dooky Chase ya yi aiki a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci a cikin shekarun bayan guguwar Katrina. Chase ta yi tunanin gidan abincinta a matsayin wani nau'in zamani na abin da yake a da. A lokacin da za ta sayar da sandwiches da kayan ciye-ciye daga taga mai hawa sama, mashayar za ta sake zama cibiyar zamantakewa a cikin al'umma, kuma gidan abincinta zai kasance a buɗe don cin abincin rana da abincin dare tare da menu mai tsawo don mutane da yawa su ji daɗin abincinta. A cewar iyalan Chase, lokutan aiki da menu mai iyaka an yi niyya ne don ceton Leah Chase daga "dabi'ar aikinta." Chase ta ci gaba da aiki a ɗakin girkin Dooky Chase da kuma abubuwan da suka girmama ta, har sai da ta shiga asibiti 'yan kwanaki kafin 18 ga Afrilu, 2019. A cikin 'yan shekarun ƙarshe na rayuwarta, shugaba John Folse ya fara yin gumbo z'herbes na gargajiya don abincin rana na Alhamis Mai Tsarki na shekara-shekara, a ƙarƙashin kulawar Chase.

 Mutuwa da gado 
Chase ta mutu a ranar 1 ga Yuni, 2019, tana da shekaru 96.  An yi mata jana'iza a Cocin St. Peter Claver da ke New Orleans.  

 A cikin kafofin watsa labarai 
A shekara ta 2007, Chase ta fito a shirin Fetch! tare da Ruff Ruffman, inda ta taimaka wa masu fafatawa wajen dafa gumbo don gasa. A cikin 2012, shirin Tennessee Williams na New Orleans na gargajiya mai suna A Streetcar Named Desire, wanda ke da 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na Afirka-Amurka, an canza ambaton gidan cin abinci na Galatoire (wanda aka ware a lokacin wasan kwaikwayon bayan yakin 1940s) zuwa ambaton Dooky Chase's Restaurant, wanda aka haɗa.  Leah Chase ita ma ta kasance abin koyi ga babbar jarumar Tiana a cikin fim ɗin Disney mai rai na 2009 The Princess and the Frog .  A cikin wani shiri na 2017 na Travel Channel 's Man v. Food, mai masaukin baki Casey Webb ya ziyarci Dooky Chase don gwada sanannen gumbo na Creole. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ] Miss Leah ta fito a matsayinta a cikin shirin Season 2 na NCIS: New Orleans .

 Gidauniyar Iyali ta Chase 
A shekarar 2013, Chase da mijinta Edgar "Dooky" Chase Jr. sun kafa Gidauniyar Iyali ta Edgar "Dooky" Jr. da Leah Chase. A cewar gidan yanar gizon su na hukuma, an kafa Gidauniyar Iyali ta Edgar "Dooky" Jr. da Leah Chase don "inganta da tallafawa ƙungiyoyin da aka hana su damar zama ta hanyar ba da gudummawa mai mahimmanci ga ilimi, fasaha da girki, da adalci a zamantakewa."  Bayan ta shafe rayuwarta tana fafutukar kare haƙƙin jama'a, tallafawa masu fasaha da mawaƙa na gida, da kuma samar da abincin creole na asali, wannan gidauniyar ta kasance wani ƙarin abin da take so. Ta hanyar wannan gidauniya, iyalin Chase sun shirya tarurrukan tara kuɗi da dama don tallafawa ilimin yara kamar kiɗa, fasaha da tarihi. Kamfanoni da ƙungiyoyi da yawa na gida sun ɗauki nauyin gidauniyar su, kamar Liberty Bank, Metro Disposal, Popeyes, Entergy New Orleans da sauransu da yawa. 

 Littattafan Girki 

 Littafin Girke-girke na Dooky Chase (1990) 
 Kuma Har Yanzu Ina Cook (2003) 
 Lafiya a Gida : Girke-girken Iyali na Masu Girki Baƙar fata na Amurka (1994) 

 Zane-zane 
Daga ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 2012, zuwa 16 ga Satumba, 2012, Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na New Orleans ya nuna Leah Chase: Paintings na Gustave Blache III . An baje kolin ne da wani mai dafa abinci Leah Chase a cikin kicin da ɗakin cin abinci a Gidan Abinci na Dooky Chase. Da aka tambaye ta ko tana ganin an yi zane daidai, Chase, mai shekaru 89, ta ce matashin mai zane ya yi daidai. "Na gaya masa, 'Da ka sa ni kama da Halle Berry ko Lena Horne, amma ka sa ya yi kama da ni,'" in ji ta. 

 A cikin Smithsonian 

 Tufafi 
Rigar mai dafa abinci ja wadda Chase ya mallaka kuma ya yi amfani da ita tana cikin Gidan Tarihi na Tarihi da Al'adun Baƙar fata na Amurka . 

 Zane-zane 
Zane na Blache, Cutting Squash, daga baje kolin da aka yi a Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na New Orleans an siya shi ne don tarinsa na dindindin ta Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery a shekarar 2011.  "Muna neman hotunan fitattun mutane a ƙasa koyaushe," in ji Brandon Fortune (babban mai kula da kayan tarihi ).  "Hoto ne mai ban sha'awa na wata mace a wurin aiki, tana yin aiki mai sauƙi, tana yanke kabewa ... Amma a wasu hanyoyi yana wuce na yau da kullun kuma yana zama wani abu mai mahimmanci na ƙasa."  Chase yana da zane-zane guda biyu mallakar Gidan Tarihi na Tarihi da Al'adu na Baƙar fata na Amurka na Smithsonian daga jerin Blache,  ciki har da Leah Red Coat Stirring (Sketch) . 

 Kasidar Nunin Nunin 
An buga kundin nunin Leah Chase: Zane-zane na Gustave Blache III ta Hudson Hills Press a kaka ta 2012. 

 Duba kuma 

 Abincin Creole
 Abincin Cajun

 Manazarta 

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1923
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