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Lena Richard

New Orleans, Louisiana | 1919-Present

She had a cooking show from October 1949 to November 1950. She opened a cooking school in 1937 in New Orleans for black students. She was the first black author to feature New Orleans creole cuisine. She was born on New Roads, Louisiana on September 9th 1892.
She went to Fannie Farmer cooking school in Boston 1918. She began career at 14 years old. Her husband that she married on July 29th 1914 is Percival Richard.

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