While some people love a shrimp or crab gumbo, others may swear by chicken and sausage or turkey. “A good dark chicken stock is what I prefer when cooking a poultry and sausage gumbo ...

Filé, a spice made of ground sassafras leaves, is used as a thickening agent in gumbo and has roots in Native American ...

Gumbo was traditionally served on Carolina Gold rice. Powdered sassafras, known as "file," thickens and flavors broth. Native Americans introduced file to the French settlers whose farming ...