User:Nolabob/sandbox/TestPlatform2

This is a second test platform for this user to explore new tools and to use as a platform for extensive rewrites of existing articles.

First tasks: Gain access to TP articles about Baquet. List of spouses in infobox is incorrect.

Edward Baquet (died September 21, 1993) was an American restaurateur and civil rights activist. He owned Eddie's, a Louisiana Creole cuisine restaurant in Gentilly, New Orleans. He openly supported desegregation in the 1960s.

Culinary career
Baquet served in the United States Army during the 1940s and subsequently worked for the United States Post Office as a letter carrier. During this time, Baquet also worked at night at a restaurant known as Paul Gross Chicken Coop, which was a 24 hour restaurant located at the intersection of Bienville Street and Roman Street in New Orleans. In this way, Baquet first learned the restaurant business.

In 1966, Baquet purchased his own restaurant....

Baquet subsequently opened his own restaurant, Eddie's, which he operated from 1966 to 1984. Baquet's wife Myrtle Baquet (née Romano) was involved with management of the restaurant as were various other relatives. Eddie's was located at 2119 Law Street in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans.

Eddie's Restaurant received considerable attention after comedian Bill Cosby described on the nationally broadcast The Tonight Show his favorite dishes at Eddie's Restaurant during one of Cosby's appearances on the nationally televised show.

Personal life
Baquet died of leukemia on September 21, 1993, at University Hospital of New Orleans.

One of Baquet's sons, Dean Baquet, became a prominent journalist and newspaper editor and served as the executive editor of The New York Times from May 2014 to June 2022. Another son, Terry Baquet, also became a journalist serving as editor-in-chief of Verite News.