Preheat oven to 375 degrees. On a cookie sheet, place 3-4 cups all-purpose flour keeping 1 inch away from the sides of the pan. Place in the pan in the oven. Make sure and stir every 30 minutes. If ...

Without a good, rich roux — the key component of the perfect gumbo — the dish is a dud. You can cook this fat-and-flour combination that's used as a thickener in everything from sauces to stews to ...

There are many fundamental skills that all home cooks should learn, as they serve as building blocks for more challenging recipes. They include basic chopping and knife skills (and how to sharpen your ...

We always need more cooking tips! Last week's food chat, with local Cajun culinary history author and blogger Addie Martin, and bestselling cookbook author Anne "Cake Mix Doctor" Byrn, was one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. gumbo with shrimp - Lauripatterson/Getty Images While roux might sound like a fancy cooking term, it's actually a simple mixture ...

Making roux on the stovetop takes at least 45 minutes of continuous cooking and stirring, and my arm gets tired. Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Without a good, rich roux — the key component of the perfect gumbo — the dish is a dud. You can cook this fat-and-flour ...