November means turkey, mashed potatoes and bright orange candied yams or, depending on who you ask, candied sweet potatoes. While some may use sweet potato and yam interchangeably, botanically ...
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The Black History Origin Of Yams

Yams, a staple of African cuisine, have deep roots in the continent’s food history and agricultural practices. Their cultural ...
It’s time to set the record straight on these two often mixed-up veggies. Yams and sweet potatoes are two very different plants. Yams are more closely related to lilies, while sweet potatoes are more ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Consider the yam: delicious, nutritious, versatile — and so much more than that marshmallow-dotted sugar bomb so many of us associate with the last Thursday ...
Is there adifference between yams and sweet potatoes? Absolutely! Let's just say your Thanksgiving candied yams probably aren't yams. To clear up the confusion here is everything you need to know ...
Thanksgiving in 2020 is going to look a lot different in more ways than one. Instead of doing things the way they’ve always been done, here are recipes that throw tradition out the window — at least ...
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Sweet potatoes or yams? Trick question. Despite what millions of Americans (and many groceries) may call them, those dark orange, moist root vegetables that you roast in sugar syrup and top with ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Employees at the chemical company BASF spent Tuesday at a Yam Jam to benefit the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. At the Yam Jam, the employees took sweet ...