A staple of Louisiana cooking, gumbo is often called a “dish without a single definition”—and for good reason. While it ...

Traditional gumbo features a deep nutty gravy, which is a direct result of how long you cook the roux that you use to thicken ...

The temperature is dropping, and it’s the time of year when Drew Brees is throwing touchdowns. For New Iberia, La., resident Alcee Bayard, this means one thing: “It’s gumbo-cooking weather.” Bayard is ...

In the South, as home-made quilts and college football season tickets are passed down through the generations, so is the family gumbo recipe. So when my mother eventually handed down the recipe passed ...

The deep and rich flavor dimensions of Cajun dishes like gumbo and jambalaya rely on a mixture of flour and fat (usually oil) that’s slowly cooked with constant stirring until it takes on a dark ...

The aroma of gumbo filled the air at Blackham Coliseum during Lafayette's Roux Fest and Gumbo Cook-off. LAGCOE hosted its ...

A mouthwatering bowl of gumbo is not just an iconic dish, but an invitation to learn about the foodways of Louisiana. Whether the gumbo you deem “authentic” is Creole or Cajun, thinner like at Dooky ...