{"product_id":"9781469614434","title":"Okra: a Savor the South cookbook","description":"Passionate okra lovers crave this bright green, heat-loving vegetable, whether fried, grilled, steamed, roasted, boiled, broiled, pickled, raw, whole, sliced, or julienned. With \u003ci\u003eOkra\u003c\/i\u003e, Virginia Willis provides \"the key that unlocks the door of okra desire\" to okra addicts and newcomers to the pod alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTopping 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\"), \u003ci\u003eOkra\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144311849200,"sku":"9781469614434","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781469614434_p0.jpg?v=1763699162","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781469614434","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}