Staff Reports
Jeffeson resident and chef Hunter Lee was honored last week by the George Rodrigue Foundation for the Arts during a book reception in New Orleans, last week for the release of the second book in the foundations series, Pot and Palette II.
In a project that started taking shape over a year ago 100 of the most acclaimed and awarded chefs, culinary masters, restauranteurs, and mixologist in Louisiana were selected and featured to submit a story about their career and a recipe that represented their career as well as the part of the state they were from.
Chef Hunter Lee’s featured recipe of “Deer Sauce Piquant” highlighted growing up in Northwest Louisiana and a more southern country side of Louisiana cuisine. There are only a handful from the north Louisiana area selected for this honor.
“It has been such and honor to work on and with such an amazing organization that promotes and helps fund music, art, performing arts, and culinary programs for youth across the state,” said Lee. “It’s been a pleasure to be involved and give back to something so special and important. It was great to meet so many other amazing chefs and experts in my field as well as getting to meet George’s son Jacques Rodrigue Executive Director of the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts. As well as Christine Tassin Dunaway- Development & Communications Manager and spend the evening talking about and promoting this amazing foundation and this outstanding cookbook. I’m just blessed to have been a part of it. – Chef Hunter Lee
The event closed out a 5 day promo tour in the New Orleans area for Chef Hunter Lee’s cookbooks – Louisiana, Recipes of a People and the newest cookbook in the three cookbook series, Livin’ Large in Louisiana. The third and final in the series should be released in late 2024 and will include stories and recipes from his new home right here in east Texas
Chef Hunter Lee’s cookbooks can be found throughout DeSoto Parish stores, Jefferson, Texas stores as well as online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Books a Million, Target, Walmart, and other fine retailer.
If you would like to learn more about the George Rodrigue Foundation for the Arts, or purchase either of the cookbooks Pot and Palette or Pot and Palette II you can do so at the link below.