The Gumbo Show: Recent Episodes
The Gumbo Show
An audio love letter to the greatest combination of flour, fat, proteins and spices ever put in a ladle. Three non-chef Louisianans stir the pot on everything from oils to okra, sausage to seafood, from Cajuns to curry.
Despite the heat it is definitely gumbo time on the gumbo show. Dave talks about the gumbo he made with a special sausage, Brent talks about his recent gumbo odyssey including his visit with former guests of the show and his visit with racoons. Oh and the boys also talk about boudin. Tune in!
Did Brent just eat the best gumbo in Baton Rouge last week? Oh and also we talk about the butter lady.
Brent talks about his chicken technique and Dave talks about gumbo in Alaska. It's the Gumbo Show!
The man. The myth. The legend. Just weeks out from this year's World Championship Gumbo Cookoff, culinary master Kernis Louviere is already plotting. He's talking rabbit stock, seafood gumbo and all things in between on this episode of The Gumbo Show.
The World Championship of Gumbo aka The Real Super Bowl is on Oct 8 and 9 and is right around the corner. The Greater Iberia Chamber CEO Thomas Falgout joins us for some big updates on what to expect at the event.
It's almost football season and as usual there was much discussion on gumbo season. Enjoy!
Is anything better than the Super Bowl? How about almost unlimited Super Bowls? That's what you can get at the World Championship Gumbo Cookoff in New Iberia in October. The guys are joined by the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce's Thomas Falgout to preview the upcoming roux-stravaganza and discuss some exciting new developments.
The Gumbo Show was one man down as host Faimon Roberts was in Hawaii of all places. Brent and Dave pushed on without him to talk about important things such as the Amber Heard vs. Johnny Depp trial, an update on Gumbo Show regular Brett Berry and of course gumbo.
On St. Patrick's Day co-host Brent Barksdale visited the world famous gumbo hotspot Courville's Catering in Beaumont, Texas. That's right, a gumbo hotspot in Beaumont, Texas. Don't believe us? I guess you just have to tune in and hear for yourself.
Politics and controversy finally infiltrate the gumbo show! Brent and Faimon get together to discuss a recent article in fivethirtyeight.com that argues that climate change is making gumbo season shorter and shorter. Also, Faimon had a gumbo-focused encounter with a relatively famous person.
It's the Mardi Gras and the guys are at parades, both from the sidewalk and from the floats. And you know what else that means? Gumbo eatin'. Dave journeyed to his homeland of Metairie and got one of his old favorites -- was it still good? And Brent traversed the entire DFW Metroplex and what he found was some great gumbos on his birthday. Finally, Faimon discovered what may be the most secret ingredient of all.
Show co-host Brent Barksdale is a middle aged man; and he has a birthday coming up. For his birthday, he is going to have a Gumborgy in which he plans to dip his spoon in a number of different bowls over the course of his birthday weekend. Several of those bowls will be courtesy of past show guest The Creole Cajun Queen which he plans to meet up with on Saturday. Happy Birthday Brent. Enjoy your gumbo Birthday Weekend.
Squirrel brains, fanny packs and guinea fowl hearts: how one St. Francisville native drew from her Louisiana roots to win herself a gumbo cookoff in Austin. Sarah Thevenot joins us on the show to talk gumbo, wild ingredients, and fanny packs.
It's a new year, and the guys are turning over a new leaf. Or not. With a year's worth of shows in the books, the guys look forward to a new year of gumbo adventures, and what they'd like to do differently in the coming months. HInt: it involves eating more gumbo.
In a major two-parter, old friend of the show Brett Berry joins us to recap the gumbo cookoff held at Berry’s Armadillo Den in Austin. We also talk fancy gumbos and stringy versus chunky chicken.
In a major two-parter, old friend of the show Brett Berry joins us to recap the gumbo cookoff held at Berry’s Armadillo Den in Austin. We also talk fancy gumbos and stringy versus chunky chicken.
We’re back! The guys get back together to talk about Christmas Gumbo, thigh fat and who’s gumbo looks better on Instagram.
In this episode of the Gumbo Show we serve up a collection of “Man on the Street” interviews from the World Championship Gumbo Cookoff in New Iberia, Louisiana. We even interview the owners of a 12 foot motorized shopping cart. It’s hard to explain. You’ll just have to tune in. Enjoy!
What can an Illinois-born Texas BBQ chef tell us about gumbo? Well, a lot, as we learn from Aaron Vogel, an award-winning pitmaster and owner of Cackle and Oink, a Sherman-Texas hotspot. Join us as we talk about what sort of Texas influences he brings to his gumbo and what he thinks about the Cajun versions that were all around at the World Championship Gumbo Cookoff in New Iberia.
Yet another interview recorded live at the World Championship Gumbo Cookoff in New Iberia, Louisiana. Avery Grubb is the Marketing and Public Relations Director for the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce. In fact it was Avery who initially reached out and invited us to the Gumbo World Championship. For that we will always be indebted to Avery.
Morgan Landry is an R&D Chef at Magic Seasoning Blends and is an actual professional unlike your co-hosts of the gumbo show. He joined us for an interview at the World Championship Gumbo Cookoff in New Iberia, LA. We had a great conversation about gumbo season, chicken hearts and the art of judging gumbo.
As we continue our series of interviews from the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce World Championship Gumbo Cookoff, we turn to noted roux-ologist Aaron Roberts. The 12-year old gumbo-noisseur shares his opinions on good roux color and what he tasted -- and liked -- at the cookoff.
Sometimes the folks at Clark Integrated Medical Clinics heal people through medicine, chiropractic or rehab. But sometimes they heal through the restorative power of gumbo. While at the World Championship Gumbo Cookoff, Scott Clark and Austin Monceaux from the clinic joined us to discuss how they doctored up their pot to make a competition pot of gumbo and what their experience at the cookoff was like.
We’re back with another episode recorded at the World Championship Gumbo Cookoff in New Iberia, Louisiana. Our guest is Tony Piontek with the Down Syndrome Association of Acadiana. Tony loves gumbo so much he spent his weekend volunteering to help put on the Gumbo cookoff. Enjoy the episode!
You're doing it wrong. All these years, you thought the secret to a good gumbo was a nice dark roux. Wrong, says this week's guest, Gumbo cooker extraordinaire Kernis Louviere. Kernis tells us what the real secret is, and tells us how the sausage was made for his award winning seafood gumbo at the 2021 World Championship Gumbo Cookoff.
We're back with another Gumbo Show episode recorded at the World Gumbo Championship Cookoff in New Iberia, LA. Our guest is Greater Iberia Chamber President and CEO Thomas Falgout. Take a listen as the fellas talk about all things gumbo and gumbo cookoff related with the man himself.
It finally happened. Dave, Faimon and Brent made their way to New Iberia, where they dove into the World Championship Gumbo Cookoff. In other words, Gumbo Nirvana. On this episode, the guys check in at various points during the day as they move toward the inevitable food coma. Listen as the guys discuss the great bowls, quirky characters and our tiny tent.
We are just days away from the 31st Annual World Championship Gumbo Cookoff on October 9th and 10th in New Iberia, La. The fellas talk about the weekend's schedule, where you can find their tent, what goodies they will be passing out and much much more. Visit https://iberiachamber.org/gumbocookoff to learn more and we hope to see you there!
Less than two weeks. That's the time remaining before the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce World Championship Gumbo Cookoff, or as we like to call it, The Real Super Bowl. Dave and Faimon discuss what they're looking forward to about the New Ibera roux-palooza as well as have a spirited debate about what's a cracker and what's a chip.
The Gumbo show guys take a quick break from discussing the perfect food to discuss what might have been the perfect comic, Norm MacDonald. After that, they discuss the little bit of gumbo treasure Dave found in a foreign country known as Oregon, and how he knew even before the bowl landed on the table that it might be good.
After a brief hiatus due to travel and natural disaster, the guys are back. They discuss Hurricane Ida, its impacts and recovery efforts. They then turn to gumbo: Faimon discusses a gumbo he tried in South Dakota and Brent describes his efforts to find decent gumbo in Oklahoma City.
What happens when you marry gumbo and barbecue? Gumbo show friend and roving correspondent John Tobler joins us to talk about what he found when he tried to answer that question in Des Moines, Iowa.
Can Gumbo kill you? Unorthodox Gumbo Correspondent Dave ventures into a northern Virginia restaurant that serves a dish called Death By Gumbo. Does he live? Listen and find out. Dave also travels out west, where he tries the "Gumbo-Style Soup" from a place called Krazy Cajun and Hibachi.
The Gumbo show returns with an Olympic theme as Dave and Faimon discuss the different gumbos Faimon found in two iconic Louisiana restaurants.
Co-host Dave tried to eat 7 bowls of gumbo in two days on his trip to Austin, Texas. He failed. And now you know why the title of this episode is 5 bowls. Also Brent visits the Kennedy Sausage Company in Santo, Texas.
What do you do when you’re in a gumbo drought? For two hosts of the Gumbo Show, they’re planning to cram as many bowls as possible into a couple days in Austin. Where should they go? If you’ve got a place, let us know! We discuss their trip and also learn what a “Dave Day” is at a boarding school in Georgia.
For the first time, the Gumbo show is going where it has never gone before: North Louisiana. We talk to the LSU AgCenter's Quincy Vidrine, who hails from Central Louisiana but is based in Winnsboro. Quincy tells us there is actually good gumbo to be found in the Central and Northern parts of Louisiana. She also describes her popular pressure cooker gumbo recipe.
There is always something going on in the world of gumbo. Check out this episode as we discuss the latest in gumbo news including updates on the World Championship Gumbo Cookoff and how gumbo is influencing world diplomacy.
It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a cajun food truck in Victoria, TX? It sure is and it's called Seaux Cajun Food Truck. On this episode of The Gumbo Show we talk with the owner about why she decided to bring cajun goodness to South Texas. Enjoy!
On this week's episode, the crew gathers in love to confront one of their own about the show's abysmal twitter account. Through love, laughter and tears (ok, there are no tears), the wayward gumbo acolyte recognizes his shortcomings and vows to do better. Which mostly means eating more gumbo. And tweeting about it.
Today we give you two episodes in one. Tune in and you'll see just what we're talking about. Also don't forget you can always visit our website at GumboShow.us to hear past episodes and learn more about our show.
On this week's Gumbo Show Faimon, Brent and Dave talk about this past week's gumbo exploits. It's something we like to call The Gumbo Chronicles. Tune in and follow along on our delicious gumbo journey.
It's the culinary game show that's sweeping the nation: Gumbo or Not Gumbo? Listen in and find out what all the excitement is all about.
Can stirring gumbo give you an injury? How do you keep a new chef from reverting back to his Mama's gumbo? We get into that and so much more with Lori and Richard Hurst, owners of Poor Boy's Riverside Inn and veterans of the World Championship Gumbo Cookoff in New Iberia, La. They brought the heat. Yankees beware!
From honey to doublestock to eggrolls and microwaved rouxs, the first dozen episodes of The Gumbo Show have taken us to places we never would have imagined. In this episode, Brent, Dave and Faimon recount some of the most mind blowing gumbo tips, favorite guests and memorable gumbo moments so far on their Gumbo Show journey.
Chef Amy Sins aka the "Wizard of Roux" was our very special guest on The Gumbo Show this week. In addition to owning a thriving culinary business in New Orleans, she is also a cookbook author, a celebrity chef, a public speaker and historian of Louisiana cuisine. We really enjoyed our conversation with Chef Amy and more importantly learned some brand new Gumbo tips.
If any one man is the foremost authority on Gumbo, it is Brett Anderson. Through two decades as a food writer in New Orleans, he has sampled more gumbos than most people will in a lifetime. And he's shared his knowledge with the masses: in 2004, he wrote: "Gumbo, Louisiana's Bowl of Wonder," a definitive guide to the state's signature dish. Some 15 years later, he wrote the coda to that story for the New York Times: "Gumbo, the Classic Louisiana Dish, is Dead. Long Live Gumbo," chronicling the new influences and ways chefs were putting their own touches on the dish. Brett joined the Gumbo Show to discuss his experiences with gumbo, what he's seen, where he loves to get a bowl and why gumbo is so interesting.
Far in the north, a lone man fights a courageous battle. Battling withering elements and an unaccustomed populace, Gumbo Boi Robert Lee brings Cajun flavors to the people of Duluth, Minnesota. In this episode, Gumbo Boi tells Faimon and Dave why "Cajun Brats" don't work, why double stock does, and how cooking on his front porch spawned an entire business.
A poboy place in deep Metairie. A convenience store in Mid-City New Orleans. A small shopping center in Boyd, Texas. We all know homemade gumbo is the best gumbo, but sometimes you have to eat out. The fellas talk about some of their favorite restaurants that do gumbo right. Did your favorite place make the list? If not send us a note at our website gumboshow.us.
Grab a pen and take notes. Gale Levy Boudreaux aka The Creole Cajun Queen dropped some serious gumbo knowledge on this week’s Gumbo Show Podcast. Gale was born and raised in New Orleans, but now lives in the Dallas area where she owns Creole Cajun Queen Catering. Gale is serious about her gumbo and even won a gumbo contest judged by one of our co-hosts. We are so excited to have her as a guest on our show.
On this episode of The Gumbo Show, we are joined by Adam Chauvin, who grew up in Cajun country and shares his adventures in eating on his popular Facebook and Instagram pages. In the show, he’ll share his tips for making a great gumbo, as well as where to find the best ones in Acadiana and a truly gnarly gumbo mashup dish — just know it involves boudin, American cheese and poached eggs.
Brett Berry is a big name in the Austin, Texas bar/restaurant scene. Which begs the question why is he on a podcast with three Louisiana guys talking about gumbo? Tune in to see why it makes perfect sense. Oh and Brett came in swinging. Check out the fireworks on the latest episode of the Gumbo Show.
He’s a former police officer, a Judge, an acclaimed cajun comedian, but more importantly Jonathan Perry is a guest on the Gumbo Show. Jonathan Perry has an extreme love for cajun cooking and without a doubt makes one of the best gumbos you will ever have. We cover a lot of ground with Jonathan Perry. So much so we had to split his interview into two parts. Enjoy Part 2 of the Jonathan Perry Episode.
He’s a former police officer, a Judge, an acclaimed cajun comedian, but more importantly Jonathan Perry is a guest on the Gumbo Show. Jonathan Perry has an extreme love for cajun cooking and without a doubt makes one of the best gumbos you will ever have. We cover a lot of ground with Jonathan Perry. So much so we had to split his interview into two parts. Enjoy Part 1 of the Jonathan Perry Episode.
In a very special episode of the Gumbo Show, Faimon is joined by noted rugby aficionado Ian McNulty, who also happens to be the best food writer in the American southeast. They discuss Ian’s gumbo journey from Rhode Island to New Orleans, what he loves about gumbo and his favorite spots to grab a bowl or a styrofoam cup of hearty deliciousness.
What the hell is that in the spoon? Is that a tomato? Is that a whole crab? Brent, Dave and Faimon talk about the things that immediately turn what could be a delicious bowl into a blasphemous disappointment.
Who are we and why do we need a gumbo podcast? Brent, Dave and Faimon sit down to talk about their love of gumbo, how they came to love it and a little bit of growing up in south Louisiana in the 80s and 90s.