GUMBO

There are as many ways to make gumbo as there are cooks, or at least as there are restaurants. At Zydeque, Debris Gumbo comes with chicken, andouille and smoked pork served with potato salad. Dick and Jenny's gumbo comes with smoked rabbit, duck and sausage with Louisiana popcorn rice. Mother's offers the rich Mae's file gumbo. Johnny's Po-Boy Restaurant offers gumbo as part of the Cajun combo with a bowl of seafood gumbo, red beans and rice, shrimp Creole and French bread. Southern Po-Boys makes a classic chicken and sausage gumbo. The Gumbo Shop offers two different kinds of gumbo. The Seafood Okra Gumbo comes with onion, bell peppers, celery and a sautéed tomato blended with shrimp and crabs in a thick roux served over rice. The Gumbo Poopa at Acme Oyster House comes in a French bread bowl with a touch of rice. Music is in the air as both The Palm Court Jazz Café and Snug HarborJazz Bistro serve traditional gumbos. Bozo's makes a spicy chicken and andouille gumbo.

Jezz's Kitchen at Dorignac's Food Center has been dishing up a traditional house gumbo for 15 years. Ernst Café offers a smoked duck gumbo. The Creole gumbo at Liuzza's by the Track adds sauteed shrimp and oysters just before serving. Breaux Mart's Thursday special is seafood gumbo. Chicken and andouille sausage gumbo is the preferred variety at the Chartres House Café. The gumbo at Café Beignet brims with smoked and andouille sausage and shrimp and okra.