- When a rival restaurant tries to steal the Chez's food to tap the secret of Big Arthur's recipes, an illegal boxing match is set up for the rival chefs. The winner admits in public who is the better cook.
- When Cyrus, the chef at Cafe EÌtoile, comes to eat at Chez Louisiane, and then takes his left-overs home in a doggy bag, Big Arthur, the Chez Louisiane chef, grabs the doggy bag back and accuses Cyrus of stealing his recipes. Cyrus challenges him to a boxing match, with the loser required to make a public apology. The business at Franks bar picks up considerably as all the bookies in town come to set their odds and lay bets on the fight. Reverend Deal enthusiastically takes charge of managing the event, selling ringside seats for $110 with half the proceeds to go to the Boys Club of Greater New Orleans. He arranges for Morris Goldblatt, Yiddish-accented owner of a kosher deli, to be the referee. The fight goes on and in the third round the judges decide it is a draw, but the two fighters refuse to stop fighting. Frank tries to intervene and is K.O.ed. Finally Big Arthur manages to knock out Cyrus. He announces that he was the first chef in New Orleans to put vanilla in his bread pudding and that the etoufee recipe at the Cafe Etoile is his recipe; Cyrus is forced to admit that this is true. (UCLA Archives)
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