Though the regular potato has a home in our pantry, sweet potatoes get special attention. They're not only more delicious, but they're also more nutritious, with more fiber, vitamin A, and vitamin C ...

Most sweet potatoes are yellow or orange, but purple varieties are gaining in popularity, with increased acreage in ...

A sweet potato farmer shares how to tell if your spuds have gone bad—and how to pick the best ones for your recipe.

You may be busting out your holiday cookbook over the next couple days — it’s that time of year. Cookies, ham, turkey, all the favorites. There’s much to be said for the familiar spread, but we have a ...

One of the pillars of the Okinawan diet, Okinawan imo is a supercharged purple sweet potato, a cousin of the common yellow-orange varieties that has been an island staple since the 17th century.

One of my readers asked me recently when a person should dig up her sweet potato vines and harvest her sweet tubers. Despite its name sweet potato is not a true potato. Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) ...

Medically reviewed by Suzanne Fisher, RD In the United States (U.S.), sweet potatoes are often mistakenly referred to as yams, but they are actually distinct foods that come from different plant ...

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