Lemon Meringue Pie

Preparation info
  • 8

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Dooky Chase Cookbook

By Leah Chase

Published 2023

  • About

When I got that first restaurant job at the Colonial Restaurant, all of my aunts and uncles here in New Orleans got together and were going to sit me down and have a talk with me to straighten me out. At the time, the only city work a girl my age and color was expected to do was in the clothes factories. But I got to keep my job.

I made seven dollars a week waiting tables there, and could keep all of my tips. I loved the French Quarter and loved working there. I met so many interest