We get the word ‘yam’ because Africans call yams ‘nyami.’ Yams are a vegetable somewhat similar to sweet potatoes, but yams ...

But sweet potatoes and yams are two completely different vegetables, and most of what you find at the typical American grocery store are actually sweet potatoes. Yams are a rough-skinned ...

Serve mashed yams with plenty of butter and seasoning as an accompaniment to meat stews or other vegetable dishes. Make yam chips or bake yams in their skins. In Africa, yam is pounded into a very ...

It’s a question that’s been debated for years, are they yams? Are they sweet potatoes? Or are they two different vegetables entirely? We dug into the root of the answer... Yams or sweet potatoes? The ...