gumbo
Example Sentences
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Her family’s version of gumbo starts with chicken thighs, which are seasoned with paprika, cayenne, oregano and salt.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025
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
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
Luckily the street is an artists’ enclave, with some opening their homes up for Hantman’s dinner receptions — one in January served gumbo family-style two doors down at a local artist’s Midcentury Modern house.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024
You wanted to dissect the animals quickly, before the spontaneous liquefaction began, because you can’t dissect gumbo.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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