Wild Game

The Wild Game Dinner is an annual tradition at Dooky Chase’s for local politicians. It started in 1978 when Dutch Morial, the mayor of New Orleans at the time, had these ducks in his freezer. His wife, Sybil, said she wanted them out. Sybil is so easygoing, to look at her you wouldn’t think she could crack an egg. She doesn’t have to get loud. She would say something, and even Dutch would move. So he brought these ducks over to me and figured he would dump them in my lap. We started with forty ducks.