Beefy Okra and Tomato Soup

There’s not a serious cook in the South who doesn’t have his or her special version of okra and tomato soup. Craig Claiborne used to add a little country ham to his Mississippi variation; Louis Osteen at Louis’s in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, makes his with rice, bell peppers, and chile peppers; the chef at Woodfire Grill in Atlanta almost transforms the soup into a stew by including fresh corn and shrim