notes Feller. And Gullah Geechee, or Low-Country okra soup, is a West African dish that combines okra with meat, rice, and ...

The most well-known American okra dish, gumbo, is believed to derive from a West African word for okra ... cooks often add it to sweet-and-sour fish soup along with tangy tamarind and aromatic ...

I love gumbo. Several years ago I was lucky enough to go to New Orleans and sample it at many of their wonderful restaurants.