Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Make the most of this summer vegetable while its at its best. "Mercy me, these were delicious. I cut a few okra up, splashed a ...

Summer is the cruelest season for cookbooks. Caught between the spring fling and the holiday onslaught, it’s easy for a good book to get ignored. But for all the talk about how the cookbook market is ...

ONE particularly sauna-ish day a friend mentions he is eating nothing but raw food right now because turning on the stove just feels like too much effort. It sounds a bit extreme, but he could be even ...

Instructions: Clean okra, pat dry. In a bowl combine okra and 5 tablespoons of salt, lay out on a perforated tray and allow to sit in refrigerator overnight (this helps to eliminate the natural slime ...

Okra on a small plate at t Little Tokyo Small Plates & Noodle Bar on Carrollton Avenue, last March (Dinah Rogers, NOLA.com / The Times-Picayune) Pickled Okra Makes 10 pints 4 pounds small and tender ...

A neighbor, Susan Pate, dropped by with a jar of her pickled yellow squash that was delicious. I opened it with an evening meal for three people and almost half of the pint jar of pickles was consumed ...

The Southern Vegetable Book: A Root-to-Stalk Guide to the South's Favorite Produce A simple pickled okra recipe from 'The Southern Vegetable Book: A Root-to-Stalk Guide to the South's Favorite Produce ...

Instructions: After washing okra, place in a large stainless steel bowl and sprinkle thoroughly with kosher salt. Place in refrigerator let sit overnight. The next day, rinse okra thoroughly and place ...