Wondering about the difference between yams and sweet potatoes? Find out the real answer from sweet potato expert April ...

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” ...

Ah, it's Thanksgiving time. As someone who loves to cook — actually, as someone who loves to hang out in the kitchen wherever I go — this is a wonderful time of year. On Thanksgiving morning I’m up ...

We'll help you properly identify the tuber on your Thanksgiving table once and for all. What's in a name? When it comes to the difference between yams and sweet potatoes, the answer is, quite a lot.

Some people use the words yams and sweet potatoes interchangeably. The truth is yams are not sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes are not yams! Even on the outside of canned sweet potatoes it labels them ...

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Imagine this: you are at the store, prepping for your upcoming holiday dinners, and on your list of ingredients to buy is sweet potatoes. You spot them over in the corner of the produce section, ...

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