Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You wait all year to dig into your mom’s Thanksgiving yams with mini marshmallows. While they may be delicious, it turns out they ...

At The Porch restaurant in Midtown, Sacramento, one of the most popular side dishes on the menu is Candied Yams. Back in the kitchen, sous chef Matt Sonzust reaches into a box, clearly labelled : ...

Sweet potato season is upon us. And though most Southerners, such as ourselves, correctly refer to the orange root vegetable by its rightful name “sweet potato,” some people (i.e. Yankees) insist on ...

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, you’re probably thinking about picking up some delicious sweet potatoes, and there’s no better place to find the best than at your local farmers’ market. Did ...

A rose is a rose … but a yam is not a sweet potato. It might even be possible you’ve never tasted a real yam. Those “candied yams” you serve on Thanksgiving probably are sweet potatoes. Most people ...

You need to know your root veg. Sweet potatoes are native to Central and South America, whereas yams are native to Africa, Asia and Oceana. The biggest and most important difference between the two is ...

Q. What is the difference between yams and sweet potatoes? There is such a thing as sweet-potato pie, but I've never heard of yam pie! - Craig W. A. Yams and sweet potatoes are both tubers that are ...

You wait all year to dig into your mom’s Thanksgiving yams with mini marshmallows. While they may be delicious, it turns out they aren’t yams at all. Even though the words “sweet potato” and “yam” ...