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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

Adults are about two feet long and weigh some 15 to 20 pounds, with plenty of meat for a gumbo or stew.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 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

Between this level and the surface was a mixture of sand and clay so saturated with water that engineers called it gumbo.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

It’s a soup of black-eyed peas, crispy rice and Louisiana blue crab, with robust spicing that recalls this city’s famous gumbos.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2023

“No two gumbos are alike, and that goes for others who make gumbo, as well.”

From Washington Post Jan. 9, 2021

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

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




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