gumbo
Example Sentences
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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
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
We should consider ourselves lucky that the appropriated accents aren't dripping with Northern gumbo, i.e. the kind that punishes us instead of lending flavor.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024
Luckily the street is an artists’ enclave, with some opening their homes 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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