Did You Know...Gumbo

Gumbo is Louisiana's signature stew, says Corie Brown in The Los Angeles Times, "no two gumbos taste the same." What makes its distinctive blend of seafood, meat, and vegetables uniquely flavorful is the combination of French cooking technique and ingredients that originated in Africa. Creoles, with their roots both in slavery and European colonialism, look on gumbo as an essential part of their heritage.