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gumbo

[guhm-boh] / ˈgʌm boʊ /


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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

There’s a meat market there, and they have all the andouille sausage, which is good if I’m going to cook something like a gumbo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

And he makes this gumbo that’s fire, usually on Sundays.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 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

Together they had defeated gravity and conquered the soft gumbo of Chicago soil, to change forever the character of urban life; now, together, they would build the fair and change history.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

“No two gumbos are alike, and that goes for others who make gumbo, as well.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2021

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

My father and his family brought the Deep South with them — barbecues and gumbos, dirty rice and soul food.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2015


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