New Orleans is known for wild parties, beautiful architecture and some of the most flavorful food in the country. From shrimp ...

(KTAL/KMSS) — Can gumbo recipes published in 1847 and ... thousands of years before the founding of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport. (Okra was called ki ngombo.) In the modern world ...

In New Orleans ... West African slaves brought okra from their native lands to the southern United States. The vegetable, which they called kimgombo, also gave gumbo its name.

For a long time now, gumbo has been that food for me. But when you live in New York City, many miles away from New Orleans ... deciding what type of gumbo recipe you would like to prepare are ...