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 little olive oil in the bowl, sprinkled a little seasoning salt on them, ...

"Could I please get a recipe for pickled okra?" writes K.M. from Kentwood. Here is an old-fashioned one. Old fashioned pickled okra 10 pints small, tender okra (4 pounds) 3/4 cup salt 8 cups pure ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Cleaning out the refrigerator is a messy task. If yours is anything like mine, there are leftovers that have seen better days and half-empty jars of condiments and sauces — some with white fuzzy stuff ...

In the back of my mind I knew okra had spines. Why else would seed sellers market some as spineless? And I knew spines referred to more than the fuzz found on the pods. And I knew one should wear ...

I was about 10 years old when I discovered okra. It was on a trip to see Uncle Bob and his family in Omaha, Nebraska. I stuffed myself silly with his munchy, crunchy pickled okra. After that excursion ...

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 ...