Stewed Okra and Tomatoes is one of those dishes that just tastes like summer in the South. Whether you grew up eating it or you’ve got a garden overflowing with fresh okra and tomatoes, this cozy, ...

What’s in season: Known for its rather gelatinous texture, okra can be a challenge to cook, even for fans. Found in a number of world cuisines, varieties range in color from vivid green to deep shades ...

Last summer I developed a recipe for oven-roasted okra, which was my way of celebrating one of my favorite vegetables. I love its slipperiness, crisp exterior, and simple, earthy flavor. Fresh okra is ...

Though notions of seasonality can feel precious at times — especially in our grocery stores where you can get most anything you want throughout the year — I still like to punctuate the seasons with a ...

Okra thrives in the heat - both in the garden and in the kitchen. As the merciless summer sun beats down, okra plants produce pod after pod, giving home cooks pounds of produce to prepare or preserve.

As a kid in central New York, my experience with okra didn't go much beyond the occasional sliver I may have gotten in a stew or soup at a restaurant. A few years ago, as I walked through the Downtown ...

If recipes can have morals, the lesson that home cooks should glean from this one is “Don’t rush.” Carolina Newton says the secret to her okra soup is letting it simmer for several hours, in part ...

Monique Y. Wells, a native Texan with Creole Louisiana roots, was interviewed in 2001 by phone from her home in Paris upon publication of her "Food for the Soul" cookbook, which included a preface by ...

Fran Mahaffey has long experimented with okra soup recipes, including the preparation favored by her mother, which called for a ham hock in the pot. “For the most part, I liked all of them, some more ...