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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

That includes mashed potatoes, chicken pot pie and casserole, or big pots of soup, chowder, gumbo and jambalaya.

From Salon Feb. 7, 2026

His gumbo recipe, for example, calls for two pouches each of smoked clams, oysters and mackerel along with white rice, oregano, cumin and chile peppers.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2025

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

With her mother coordinating food drops, Williams received curries, gumbos and self-packaged olive oil for meals, along with baked goods her mom routinely included.

From Washington Times Oct. 11, 2020

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

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 2020

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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