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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

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

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

“I’m walking. Trouble with this gumbo is that walking means one step forward and two steps back.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

Whether a Cajun or Creole recipe, gumbos are now routinely thickened, at least in part, with some kind of roux, a mixture of flour and fat that’s browned in a pot.

From Washington Post Oct. 8, 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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