Okra is a vegetable that provokes a strong response. Your mouth either waters at the thought, or it turns down in distaste. It's delicious! It's slimy! If you're in the love-it camp, here's everything ...

Among the plants beloved in the south of the United States, okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a crowd favorite. Because okra loves hot and sunny summers, it's most commonly grown in the deep south, but ...

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, I clearly recall, was the first vegetable that I learned to cut. I remember it so well not because I loved it — although I did — but because of the slime. The mucilage that was excreted from the ...

When I mentioned recently to a friend that I was developing some recipes highlighting okra, he forced a polite smile and said, “Well, there’s a lot there to work with.” Sensing his distaste, I assured ...

The Whole Okra book, written by Chris Smith, is a roving and rich collection of okra history, lore, recipes, craft projects and growing advice. Does okra need defending? Chris Smith thinks so, as he ...

With one notable exception, okra is a savvy self-promoter. It puts on a show in garden and field, producing striking flowers that give way to pert emerald-green (or wine-colored) pods, with ...

When asked to name four iconic Southern foods, most folks outside the South, or new to the South, will reel off fried chicken, barbecue, pimento cheese and okra. I could live pretty well on those four ...

Adding okra to the diet can protect against long-term metabolic problems. A new study published in Brain Research suggests that okra could play a protective role against long-term health problems ...

If you've spent any time in the south, you're probably familiar with the distinctive crispy exterior and soft interior of okra-a green, flowering plant often used as a vegetable in cooking. And social ...

Okra indeed is known as lady fingers in other parts of the world. As I was filling my paper sack with small, tender okra pods at a farmers' market in Alabama, an attractive lady commented, "Aren't ...

Okra was on the wrong side of history. The rejection of such items of Negro food as okra or chitlins could only drive those foods underground. Like the so-called funk of black music, the slime of okra ...