Okra and tomato salad makes a refreshing choice for warm days. Sliced okras are lightly blanched, to retain their crunchiness ...

Her stories take you all around the South and are accompanied with tried-and-true recipes that are ... humidity-loving okra plants. Originating in Africa, okra travelled the globe by way of ...

Choose stems that snap cleanly and don’t bend. Okra exudes a glutinous juice in cooking which thickens stews and braised dishes. It can be eaten raw in salads or cooked with curries or vegetable ...

The green flowering fruit, sometimes known as lady's fingers, has likely origins in northeast Africa ... by pickling okra using his brine recipe. It uses salt, garlic cloves, white and black ...

This hearty soup, served over rice, is strongly influenced by Native American, West African, French, and Creole cuisines. Gumbo typically includes okra (the name comes from “gombo,” the word ...