gumbo
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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
In the case of gumbo or succotash, it is a good thing.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 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
“My parents think I’m on my camping trip. Plus I love beignets and po’boys and gumbo and pralines. Not crawfish though. I can’t eat anything that has eyes.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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The Melting Pot: Food Words from Other Languages
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