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EDWIN EDWARDS Les bon temps roulez ex Gov. nailed for extortion. Can you get good gumbo...
When they're not taking in the vibrant local arts and culture scene, Natchitoches residents may be hiking in 129,000-acre Kisatchie National Forest, boating or fishing on the Cane River or sampling the meat pie, chicken andouille gumbo and Cane River cream cake at Lasyone's Meat Pie Kitchen on Second Street...
...strange a choice for a biography as the thuggish, illiterate, pre-Ali heavyweight champion might be, that's not nearly so strange as Tosches' technique: a gumbo of archival minutiae, back-alley hearsay, self-serving memory and rank speculation, all underscored with periodic outbursts of prose so embarrassingly purple it could shame a grape. Most provocative theory: that Liston's two fights with the young Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali were fixed by the Nation of Islam. Most convincing characterization: the drowning-in-slime, Mob-controlled world of big-time boxing circa 1960. Most vexing question: why anyone would commit a sentence...
...Israeli or Syrian diplomat in Shepherdstown, W.Va., and you're bushed from a day of haggling over your historic treaty. Don't just curl up with room service. Get out and mingle! This may be a four-stop-sign town, but its 1,274 residents are a gumbo of army and CIA retirees, artists, naturists--and there's a thriving gay community too. Our guide for fun-loving peacemakers...
...halls aren't serving hangover chicken this week, so pull on your Nikes and enjoy the walk to the East Coast Grill, the world-famous Inman Square eatery and home of Jeff's Latin Brunch. Renowned chef Chris Schlesinger will cook you up some tropical fruit pancakes, "Goodbye Hangover" gumbo hash with hell sausage, or oysters on the half shell, and then stick around to sign autographs and chat about his Food Network show. Small, friendly and painfully trendy, the East Coast Grill's reasonable prices and extraordinary fare will keep you away from Annenberg waffles forever...