Lena’s heart, soul, and food still live on through her recipes and impact on New Orleans cooks today.
For instance, Chef Dee Lavigne, the first Black woman to open a culinary school in New Orleans in 80 years, credits Lena for pushing her to follow her dreams.
“I am beyond impressed with what she’s done in her career and the fact she laid the path for me, over 80 years ago, to be standing right here in my own cooking school, it’s all thanks to her,” Dee told WDSU.
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