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gumbo

[guhm-boh] / ˈgʌm boʊ /


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For him, it’s more a gumbo in which every ingredient changes and improves the mix.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

On a recent morning, Nones took photos for a cookbook, shooting portraits of residents who submitted recipes for Romanian stuffed cabbage and gumbo, coaching them from his chair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

A light touch of herbs, some seasonings and a bright pop of fresh lemon juice, and you have a most brilliant concoction, a concoction that is now as much of a Creole classic as gumbo.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2024

Dan's winning smoked fish dish, another of Manny's mgnificent moles, Savannah's chawanmushi, Danny's carrot-centric chowder, Amanda's "brilliant" vegan gumbo and Laura's tartare all sounded great.

From Salon ● May 15, 2024

Omakayas was glad of the boring time she’d spent over the summer pressing fistfuls of gumbo clay, taken from the center of the island, into those places where the dried mud had crumbled.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

It’s a soup of black-eyed peas, crispy rice and Louisiana blue crab, with robust spicing that recalls this city’s famous gumbos.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2023

Some people are turned off by okra’s slimy texture, which comes from its seeds and makes it a natural thickener for gumbos and stews.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2022

And because of that, our gatherings are generally joyous gumbos of movie quotes and good-natured insults.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2020

Folse said the “black pot cooking” of Louisiana, where gumbos, gravies and vegetables simmer slowly in cast iron, has its roots in the Caribbean and before that in West Africa.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2019

After he realised the scale of the problem, he founded the National Institute of Crayfish Trappers, and became Crayfish Bob, selling gumbos and crawfish boil.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 31, 2017


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