Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our best-ever gumbo recipe features shrimp and sausage and starts off with an extremely flavorful roux (the key to the best ...

This okra gumbo puts a vegetable-forward spin on the classic Southern dish. With the addition of matzoh balls (see Matzoh Balls recipe), it makes a perfect plate for Passover Seders. Food historian ...

It's a "two-beer endeavor" that can't be rushed. In the early '90s, my husband’s uncle, Steve, traveled to Lake Charles, Louisiana, to work for a nonprofit. He lived with a family in a house on piles ...

Gumbo is the state cuisine of Louisiana, so on a recent trip to New Orleans, trying as many gumbo recipes as possible was at the top of my must-do list. The flavorful soup, made from meat or shellfish ...

I was about 10 years old when I discovered okra. It was on a trip to see Uncle Bob and his family in Omaha, Nebraska. I stuffed myself silly with his munchy, crunchy pickled okra. After that excursion ...

Place the chopped onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic, andouille and bay leaves into a large bowl and set aside. [Image-3] Begin by first making a dark roux. A roux is usually a 50/50 mixture of flour ...

It was eight years ago, my first time at a big food conference. The Southern-cooking maven Nathalie Dupree had taken me under her wing and was introducing me to any- and everyone she could see. We ...

We recently reported on the most popular Super Bowl recipes by state, and learned that gumbo was the most-searched-for recipe ...

Isiah Carey and Sherman Desselle join Carolina for a heated (and delicious) debate over Louisiana’s most famous staple dish: ...

There is only one way to make gumbo, Aleta Rivarde-Schexnayder told her daughters when she first taught them to cook. And that’s to follow the recipe passed down from her Creole grandmother. Gumbo, ...