The Southern-Approved Way to Make Fried Okra: 'Exactly How My Georgia Mama Did It!' originally appeared on Parade. If there’s one veggie I’ll never get tired of, it’s okra. Growing up in Louisiana, I ...

Southern cooks and gardeners quickly adopted okra into their own dishes, blending it with other influences, particularly from Native American, French and Spanish cuisines. Okra’s peculiar taste and ...

No roux is used in this recipe, making it lower in fat and calories than many gumbos. Instructions: Cook bacon a couple minutes to render fat and lightly brown. Add onion and cook until translucent.

Okra can be traced back to the slave trade, with stories told of mothers braiding the seeds into their daughters’ hair, hoping wherever they landed, a crop could be planted that was familiar to them. ...

I recently spent the day cooking and talking with Twitty at his home in Virginia. We started out on a cool September morning in Twitty's garden, where I admired the huge variety of produce that he ...

Okra, known as lady’s fingers or the perfect villager’s vegetable, is a culinary symbol that goes beyond its distinct taste and unusual consistency. It carries a rich history and years of tradition, ...