Unaccountably, We Liked the Butter Bean Risotto with Chard and Fried Okra

We felt ambivalent about the Butter Bean Risotto with Chard and Fried Okra -- it's more complicated than a risotto ought to be and it has, um, okra -- but we made it anyway, and after a few bites, LL said, "You know, this is pretty good." The recipe comes from Cotton Row, a restaurant in Huntsville, Alabama, and was carried in the September issue of Bo…