A Great Day in New Orleans: A Gumbo Jubilee(III of III) Luncheon with Mrs. Leah Chase.
The Gumbo Jubilee Luncheon at Dooky Chase’s where a large collection of black professionals in food, from farmers to chefs to media professionals were invited from all over the country, was something I believe was needed and its convening in New Orleans was critical to occurring with cooking a whole cow. We were able to break bread together in a safe space because this one particular activity of an otherwise public weekend was not publicized because the work can not occur wi
Becoming a Pitmaster: A whole cow bbq (Gumbo Jubilee: II of III)
Being titled a pitmaster, has to be earned, it is not just a business card title or won from winning a competition bbq contest!!! Becoming a pitmaster and why I wanted to cook a whole cow in hindsight was crazy but it was important for bbq, past, present, and future in making sure the credit of who perfected American BBQ, is accurately recorded. It was spurred by the notion that history books stated my ancestors cooked whole cows in pits similar to pigs but larger, while fo
