We chatted with some root vegetable experts to uncover the differences and similarities between sweet potatoes and yams, ...

Sweet potatoes and yams might look super-similar in the grocery store, but they actually have more differences than things in ...

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, you’re probably thinking about picking up some delicious sweet potatoes, and ...

That's a sweet potato. Yams, however, look and taste far different than those naturally sweet spuds—they’re starchier, drier, and they have white or purple flesh. In fact, most canned goods or ...

A yam is a tuber vegetable with white flesh that’s native to Africa. They look pretty similar to sweet potatoes but tend to be drier and starchier. So how did the name end up attributed to sweet ...

while yams originate from Africa. There is incredible diversity in sweet potatoes. You can find varieties with snow-white, purple or the familiar bright orange flesh. In contrast, a real yam is ...

"Several decades ago, the U.S. produced mostly white-fleshed sweet potatoes, and when orange-fleshed sweet potatoes were introduced, people called them yams to distinguish between the two." ...