The exact native home of okra is in dispute. Some say West Africa. Others say Ethiopia or Eritrea, and others claim India is their place of origin. In any case, people have enjoyed okra since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You might think of the vegetable okra as a mysterious finger-shaped pod with a notoriously slippery texture. If you've eaten it, ...

Vaughn has eaten his way across the Caribbean, the U.S., and Canada. Though no longer a professional chef, he doesn't regret one minute of culinary school. As soon as I said, “I don’t see why anyone ...

Okra has an ardent proselytizer in Virginia Willis, the Atlanta-based chef, author and Southern food authority. "I will cajole, entice, and seduce doubters into becoming believers," writes Willis in ...

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, ...

I love okra. Like, in an “I’m in a deeply committed relationship with okra” kind of way. I’ve written about this before, but it bears repeating every end of August, when the weather is steadily, ...