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By eleven I’m eating gumbo. It’s silky smooth, seasoned heavily with cayenne and paprika and delicious. I’m spending the morning at the New Orleans School of Cookery, listening to a NOLA native explain the fundamentals of making a brown roux (it requires at least 15 minutes of whisking: “if the mailman needs you, shout forContinue reading “Day Fourteen: Gumbo”