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ARROW-CIRCLE-RIGHT This issue is just a taste of what’s to come. In September we kick off our Year of Gumbo, with stories, recipes and more for every month of the year. Follow along @rousesmarkets social media. #gumbolife

ARROW-CIRCLE-RIGHT Conecuh Cajun style smoked sausage is extra spicy and is a great addition to gumbo. The delicate snap you hear when cooking Alabama’s favorite sausage comes from its all-natural sheep and hog casings.

YEAR OF GUMBO

CONECUH

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gumbo day is october

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Advertising & Marketing Amanda Kennedy Stephanie Hopkins Nancy Besson Taryn Clement Mary Ann Florey ARROW-CIRCLE-RIGHT Okra is in season from summer through early fall. Some people are put off by the slimy or gooey texture okra gets when it is cooked, but that mucilage (or slime) acts as a great thickener for gumbo.

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8 Chef Allison Richard’s Shrimp & Crab, Okra & Tomato Gumbo 16 Lucy’s Signature Summer Seafood Gumbo 17 Lulu’s Crazy Creola Seasoning

Patti Stallard Adrienne Crezo

27 Roux Dat by David W. Brown

6 Chef Allison Richard Stirs the Pot by David W. Brown 9 I Will Play for Gumbo by Alison Fensterstock 11 Bún Mam: Vietnamese Seafood Gumbo by Sarah Baird 14 Buffett-Style Gumbo by Susan Langenhennig Granger

Copy Editors

Official Supermarket of the New Orleans Saints

Marketing Coordinator Harley Breaux

Kacie Galtier

23 Good, Bad or Just Medi-Okra by David W. Brown

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that unique tomato flavor.

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Creative Director & Editor ARROW-CIRCLE-RIGHT Our fall crop of local Creole tomatoes will be available late October and will continue to grow until January or the first frost. Any red, ripe tomato grown in Louisiana can be called a Creole, but most Creole tomatoes are grown in the River Parishes, where the alluvial soil gives them Marcy Nathan Art Director, Layout & Design Eliza Schulze

29 Jumbo Gumbo by David W. Brown

21 23 Ingredients and Me by P. Johnson

Whatcha Got In That Pot?

TOMATOES

1 Gumbo or No? by Donny Rouse

Tim Acosta

Marketing & Advertising Director

TEAM TOMATO

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