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Language and culture of New Orleans embodied in one food: gumbo

July 19, 2013
Arts, Culture & Media

New Orleans if a fusion of cultures, a little bit French, a little bit Spanish, a little bit Caribbean and a little bit Cajun. Perhaps nothing embodies that more than gumbo, which is literally a fusion of foods and flavors. But even the word gumbo is a bit of a fusion.

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