Tag: gumbo

Save Time but Keep the Flavor With This Veggie Gumbo Recipe

By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service Here’s a short-cut version of a Southern favorite: Gumbo Soup. It’s comfort food that can take hours to make. This gumbo captures the flavor without the hours. It’s a one-pot vegetarian meal. The key to good gumbo is cooking the oil and flour together to form a rich,…


What Makes a Great Gumbo?

I gathered with a small group in a back room at SoBou, a Creole restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Each of us had a little cup of a deep brown stew with pieces of chicken and sausage rising above the surface and a small scoop of potato salad in the middle. This…