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When you’re making a roux, you are combining butter and flour to thicken sauces and create deliciously rich consistencies.

Adding cooked chicken to the gumbo, which was made in a microwave oven. (Photo by David Grunfeld / Nola.com / The Times-Picayune) The first person I ever saw make a roux was a guy who grew up in ...

Her hand slides gingerly down my back, causing me to perk up, expecting to see an old friend. Zydeco music plays softly in the background. “Are you boys enjoying yourselves tonight?” she asks, looking ...

Making roux on the stovetop takes at least 45 minutes of continuous cooking and stirring, and my arm gets tired. Every year, I make turkey gumbo with my leftover Thanksgiving bird, and every year I ...

I am really, really bad at making roux. Or at least I used to be. My first experience with roux was as a child. My mom used dark roux, the oily, flavorless crap that comes from a jar, occasionally ...

The school colors are crimson and blue, but on this night, the players wore purple. On the front of their shirts was a hashtag and a word: #ROUXSTRONG. On the minds of the Hannan volleyball players ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LEWISTON — As David Roux walks the halls of Montello Elementary School, he ...