Okra, the vibrant, green pod vegetable known for its "love it or hate it" gelatinous texture, might not be the first vegetable that comes to mind when you think of crispy fries. But, when there are ...

No diss to popcorn or fries, but fried okra is summer’s greatest guilty pleasure. In the garden, sturdy, drought-resistant okra with its pale-yellow hibiscus-like flowers soars and spits out a steady ...

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 ...

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 ...

From Cracker Barrel to Gus’s and Golden Chick, these chain restaurants serve the best fried okra plates in the South.

The Parrain pizza from Dean O's in Lafayette features two types of pepperoni, two layers of cheese and a drizzle of Noni's Pepper Jelly. I thought this pepper jelly on pizza idea was revolutionary.

Alexander Smalls, James Beard Award-winning chef and Grammy-winning opera singer, joins TODAY to talk about his new children’s book called “When Alexander Graced the Table” and then shares two recipes ...

Once you start picking okra, you have to keep up because it grows fast. Skip a day and the pods may already be too big and tough for cooking purposes. If you pick them at just the right time, when ...

There is no indifference when it comes to okra. It’s a take-it-or-leave-it kind of vegetable. As the author of “Okra,” part of the Savor the South cookbook series (University of North Carolina Press, ...