Bayou Teche Dispatches
Showing posts with label New Orleans cuisine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Orleans cuisine. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

On That Word "Gumbo": Okra, Sassafras, and Baudry's Reports from 1802-1803

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As I mentioned in an earlier blog article , some maintain that the word gumbo derives from the African term guingombo , meaning "okr...
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Monday, October 3, 2011

Gumbo in 1764?

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The below find is in no way my discovery .  The credit goes to  Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall. . . .  A few weeks ago a friend of mine who is ...
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Shane K. Bernard holds degrees in English and History from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a doctorate in History from Texas A&M University. He is the author of several books on south Louisiana history and culture. Shane lives in New Iberia, Louisiana, a short distance from the celebrated Bayou Teche.
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