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Gumbo is one of those dishes that are both time consuming and can be easy and relaxing to cook. Somewhat like baking bread, there are parts of the process that need careful attention but plenty of time in between to prep as you go or relax a little. The first step is most time consuming where...

I spent my first culinary internship at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, in the French Quarter. There I experienced a wide range of the foods New Orleans has to offer. At Begue's, the hotel's fine dining restaurant I was taught many of the more refined creole dishes from Oysters Bienville and Shrimp...

It occurs to me that I write often about the foods and drinks of New Orleans. I'm not sure why the city and its food has left such an indelible mark on me. I only spent about 6 months living there, while doing a culinary internship, but there is something about the food of that city that has...

Gumbo. There are rules. I probably just broke all of them. There's a Thread about gumbo on Cheftalk in which several contributors chime in on the correct way to make gumbo. File or Okra, both or either, or one or the other? How brown to do the roux? To cook the trinity in the roux or not...