Okra is vegetable that comes in season in the early fall. It is very popular in the South in places such as Louisianna where it is used in soups and stews like gumbo. Okra is low in calories and high in fiber. Recently, a new benefit of including okra in your diet is being considered. Many believe that can help manage blood sugar in cases of type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Okra is also delicious, which is the reason it is so popular. In addition to soups, it can be grilled, fried or pickled. It can even be a key ingredient in a holiday casserole. This cookbook contains a wide variety of scrumptious okra recipes from the southern United States as well as many other places around the world.

Passionate okra lovers crave this bright green, heat-loving vegetable, whether fried, grilled, steamed, roasted, boiled, broiled, pickled, raw, whole, sliced, or julienned. With Okra, Virginia Willis provides "the key that unlocks the door of okra desire" to okra addicts and newcomers to the pod alike. Topping eight feet, with gorgeous butter-yellow flowers that ripen into the plant's signature seed-filled pods, okra has a long association with foodways in the American South. But as Willis shows, okra is also an important ingredient in cuisines across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Featuring gardening tips, a discussion of heirloom varieties, and expert cooking directions (including a list of "top ten slime-busting tips"), Okra brilliantly showcases fifty delectable recipes: twenty-six southern dishes, ranging from Southern-Style Fried Okra to Gulf Coast Seafood Gumbo, and twenty-four authentic global dishes, from Moroccan Lamb and Okra Tagine with Preserved Lemons to Cuban Pork with Yellow Rice, Okra, and Annatto Oil.

Smith's first encounter with okra was of the worst kind: slimy and fried at a greasy-spoon diner. Despite that introduction, he developed a fascination with okra, leading him to discover a range of delicious ways to cook and eat this vagabond vegetable. Here Smith provides a roving and rich collection of okra history, lore, recipes, craft projects, growing advice, and so much more. -- adapted from back cover

Winner of the 2023 James Beard U. S. Foodways Cookbook Award • A Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, San Francisco Chronicle, Wired, Cup of Jo, BookPage, and Library Journal Best Cookbook of 2022 • One of NPR's Books We Love in 2022 • One of Garden & Gun's Best Southern Books of 2022 One of the South’s best chefs invites you to grill, stew, and fry your own way to a more expansive and delicious dinner. A Vishwesh Bhatt dish conjures an evolving American South. Peanut Masala–Stuffed Baby Eggplant alongside fried okra, tossed in tangy chaat masala. Collard-Wrapped Catfish with a spicy Peanut Pesto. These much-loved dishes are stars on the menu at Snackbar in Oxford, Mississippi, where Bhatt has been the executive chef since 2009, earning him Best Chef: South (2019 James Beard Awards) and induction into the Fellowship of Southern Farmers, Artisans, and Chefs in 2022. His food draws from his Indian heritage and is unpretentious, inventive, and incredibly delicious. I Am From Here organizes 130 recipes by ingredient, emphasizing staples, spices, and vegetables that are as beloved on the Indian subcontinent as they are in the American South. Summer means okra, tomatoes, corn, and peas. Winter brings sweet potatoes and greens: mustards, collards, kale, and spinach. Rice is a constant throughout. Bhatt vividly recounts the special meals cooked by his mother and grandmothers—vegetarian comfort food such as Khichadi, custardy rice pudding, and Stewed Gujarati-Style Black-Eyed Peas—and presents them alongside dishes he’s shared with friends, colleagues, and family across the decades. Recipes run the gamut from uncomplicated roast chicken and Citrus-Herb Rice Salad to dinner party–worthy Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Tandoori Spices. Writing for the home cook, Bhatt includes recipes for making your own spice mixes, including a versatile chaat masala. A mix-and-match meal-planning guide will help you pair dishes for different occasions. And every ingredient is within reach even if you’re cooking far away from the warmth of Mississippi. This cookbook thoughtfully, and persuasively, expands notions of what it means to be, and cook like, a Southerner today.

Published since 1979, Southern Living Annual Recipes provides every single recipe from a year's worth of Southern Living magazine in one complete volume. From large, family-style meals, to easy-to-pull-together weekend brunches, to everyday family-pleasing treats--with gorgeous photographs, step-by-step instructions, and more than a dash of genteel Southern charm and style-the book includes dozens of menus and over 100 step-by-step photographs from the renowned Test Kitchen professionals at Southern Living. This hefty volume serves as a cookbook as well as a reference book. The step-by-step recipes are clear and easy to understand, and each one is accompanied by cook and prep times to help the home cook schedule time perfectly. The book includes attractive full-color photographs as well as over 100 step-by-step photos to make recipes accessible for home cooks on any level. Cookbook exclusives include: "Test Kitchens Notebook"-insider tips from Southern Living Foods Editors and Test Kitchen staffers "Cook's Notes"-reader comments about their favorite recipes Bonus recipes not found in the 2012 magazine, including "Test Kitchen Favorites" Of course Southern Living Annual Recipes is complete with the kind of cozy, Southern distinction that truly draws readers in and has made this annual a much anticipated favorite of Southern readers for over 30 years.

Quick-fix recipes for any occasion, plus time-saving tips and hints. 5 ingredients...or less! You’ll be able to get in and out of the kitchen in a snap and deliver delicious results day after day. From mains to one-dish meals, salads to sandwiches and snacks to desserts, this book has it all. One-dish dinners like Fiesta Chicken, Ham & Garden Veggies, Fast & Fancy Beef Stir-Fry, French Onion Rice & Shrimp mean happy eaters...and fewer dishes to wash. Celebrating a birthday, a baseball win or a great report card? So-Easy BBQ Pork Ribs, Potatoes Dijon and Pineapple Coleslaw couldn't be easier or more delicious. On chilly days, warm tummies with Cheesy Corn Chowder and Butter Biscuits. At party time, a spread of Peppery Buttermilk Wings, Bean & Roasted Garlic Dip, Bacon & Apricot Bites and Dill Pickle Wraps can't be beat. And for dessert...don't Aunt Patsy’s Peach Pie, Mississippi Mud Pie and Hot Fudge Ice Cream Sandwich Bars. Yum! You'll find 328 simple to make and simply delicious, recipes in this book, plus helpful time-saving tips. So get ready ... 5-4-3-2-1, it's time to eat! Updated with 21 photos.

This ecookbook contains Traditional South African dishes, plus an insight to the colourful culture of Cape Town. CONTENTS: History and Influences on South African Cooking Current Day South African Cuisine South African English SOUTH AFRICAN MAIN DISHES OKRA DISHES ROOIBOS DISHES SOUTH AFRICAN DESERTS

Live longer, feel younger, lose weight, and have more energy by incorporating the Mediterranean way into your home kitchen. Take the advice of the professionals who rate the Mediterranean diet the #1 healthiest diet in the world year after year. By following a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, and led by fruits and vegetables—even drinking a little wine with meals—you can improve your brain function, lose weight, improve your heart health, reduce your cholesterol, prevent diseases, look and feel younger, and prolong your life. This affordable cookbook adapted from Amy Riolo’s Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook offers the best, go-to, foolproof recipes with simple accessible ingredients, making it easy for anyone, no matter where you live, to access the benefits of this amazing lifestyle diet. Quick and Easy Mediterranean Recipes integrates the latest research and clinical findings with delicious, authentic, easy recipes and Mediterranean lifestyle tips that make changing your diet fun and rewarding. Spare in meat, the Mediterranean diet is budget-friendly as well. Using the Mediterranean Pyramid as a guide, this book gets to the core of the Mediterranean lifestyle, and explains what to eat, when to eat it, and why it is good for you. Authentic dishes like tzatziki, tagines, rice dishes, and vegetables galore bring flavor and taste to readily available ingredients, making all the recipes surprisingly quick and easy to make. The book features recipes from all countries in the region, including perennial favorites, lesser-known specialties, and contemporary twists on traditional fare. Each recipe offers nutritional and calorie information and variations for personal taste. Enjoy delicious, flavorful food and live a longer, healthier lifewith these vibrant Mediterranean recipes.

The founder of Wild Food Adventures presents the definitive, fully illustrated guide to foraging and preparing wild edible greens. Beyond the confines of our well-tended vegetable gardens, there is a wide variety of fresh foods growing in our yards, neighborhoods, or local woods. All that’s needed to take advantage of this wild bounty is a little knowledge and a sense of adventure. In Edible Wild Plants, wild foods expert John Kallas covers easy-to-identify plants commonly found across North America. The extensive information on each plant includes a full pictorial guide, recipes, and more. This volume covers four types of wild greens: Foundation Greens: wild spinach, chickweed, mallow, and purslane Tart Greens: curlydock, sheep sorrel, and wood sorrel Pungent Greens: wild mustard, wintercress, garlic mustard, and shepherd’s purse Bitter Greens: dandelion, cat’s ear, sow thistle, and nipplewort