The vegetable, which they called kimgombo, also gave gumbo its name. In the 1840s, hundreds of Louisianans went off to fight in the Mexican War. They returned with Mexican pepper seeds and a ...

At its simplest, gumbo is a savory one-pot stew made with various meats or shellfish, vegetables, and herbs, that lives at the intersection of African, Native American, and European cultures.

and other meats and vegetables. What does adding okra do for the gumbo? Okra, with its distinctive, thick mucilage, is one of the traditional thickeners in gumbo. The others are filé — a powder ...

The basic techniques of cooking a gumbo (the vegetable “trinity,” the protein and the roux) provide a foundation upon which to work — just like the basic techniques of vegetable gardening ...

If you’re craving a rich, flavorful dish that fits perfectly within your low-carb lifestyle, this crab and shrimp gumbo will ...

The original Earthshare Gardens recipe included the notation that for each different green added to the gumbo, a new friend would be made — another bonus of expanding your vegetable world.