New Orleans’ Women in the Culinary Arts are Doing THE BEST Things
2022-01-27
In the spring Breanne Kostyk will open Flour Moon Bagels at 2606 St. Louis St. on the Lafitte Greenway I have followed this extremely talented baker for years and it is inspiring to witness her dream coming true.
Breanne acquired a degree in design from the Pratt Institute at the height of the Great Recession then joined Project M, a program employing creatives to benefit social change, placing them throughout the country. Her team ended up in impoverished Greensboro, Ala., where they were asked to build something—they did not know what, that was their challenge—that would unify people. They settled on pie. No matter that Breanne had never baked a pie in her life. PieLab, a combination pop-up cafe, design studio, and civic clubhouse, was successful in unifying a community around slices of pie and conversation and Breanne discovered she preferred making pie over working as a designer. She has been the Pastry Chef at the New Orleans’s Ace Hotel since it opened in 2016.
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The Black Creole Chef Who Paved the Way for Food TV
2022-05-19
A belated celebration of Lena Richard. In 1949 — more than a decade before Julia Child’s television debut — a boisterous Creole chef put on a cook’s uniform and made history.
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Chef Dee Lavigne Expands The Only Black-Owned Cooking School In New Orleans
2022-05-11
Deelightful Roux School of Cooking is the only African American-owned cooking school taught by a New Orleans native, and her class is a guide to New Orleans’ food culture.
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Introducing the interesting and insightful Dwynesha Lavigne
2022-05-05
We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Dwynesha Lavigne. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Dwynesha below.
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The Life of Chef Lena Richard, a culinary giant who broke barriers
2022-02-02
NEW ORLEANS —New Orleans is known for its delicious food, but do you know the chefs behind those delicious recipes? One culinary giant who paved the way, but is often left in the shadows, is Lena Richard. The first, known African-American to host a culinary cooking TV show in the U.S. and it aired on WDSU.
