What is ube? Ube is a starchy vegetable also known as purple yam — which is not the same as purple sweet potatoes, though they are similar and can be substituted in recipes. Yams, for one, grow ...

Purple sweet potatoes don’t produce as many pounds of tubers per plant or square foot as orange sweet potatoes, so there’s a slight premium price to pay for the purple variety.

Most potatoes in Northeast Florida grow in the winter and spring, but purple sweet potatoes tend to grow in the summer. That's good news for area farmers looking for an alternative crop.

Mention purple sweet potatoes, black carrots or purple carrots, and people think of dining on exotic veggies. But those plants and others have quietly become sources of a new generation of natural ...

In addition to the cheesecake and crinkle cookies, the company’s ube products include tarts, flanbae (a unique take on flambe), mamon and ube rolls. The company also offers a dairy-free plant-based ...

Even though both are starchy tubers, sweet potatoes and yams are not the same species or even in the same family.

Sweet potato and yam are often used interchangeably, but the popular vegetable often eaten on Thanksgiving is not the same thing. Here's what to know.

Yams, for one, grow on vines, while sweet potatoes grow underground. Ube is often confused with Stokes Purple sweet potatoes or Okinawan sweet potatoes.