Farmers called orange tubers yams to differentiate them from the white ... blended into savory steamed cakes, and more. You can find wild Chinese yams pre-sliced and sun-dried in Chinese grocery ...

One of the pillars of the Okinawan diet, Okinawan imo is a supercharged purple sweet potato, a cousin of the common yellow-orange varieties ... serve sweet potatoes steamed, which perfectly ...

To complicate things further, there are a handful of sweet potato varieties in a wide range of colors, including orange, white, and purple. We had Heck break down the differences for us.

In most cases, the “yams” sold in grocery stores are actually orange-coloured sweet potatoes. The sweet potato is related to the morning glory family; it has orange flesh and its skin can be ...

Then what’s a yam? Where did the yam and sweet potato mix-up come from? Discussions on the proper name for the orange starchy stuff on your table can get more heated than arguments about topping ...