Still haven't found what I'm looking for....

I'm going to spend some time this morning looking through Epicurious and maybe the Splendid Table website looking for inspiration.  What I really enjoyed about making gumbo is that it's one of classic regional dishes that is famous and made in a huge number of ways.  Chili would be another example and I am tempted to go that route if it hadn't been for the fact that I've made it a few times.  I've certainly never perfected it.  I may come back to that if my search is unproductive.