The Tabor City North Carolina Yam Festival kicks off this Friday. The town was once known as the yam capital of the world, or should we say the sweet potato capital of the world?

Now that you know a little more about sweet potatoes and yams, it's easy to see that they're actually two different vegetables. They look different, they taste different, and they grow differently, ...

Confused about the difference between sweet potatoes and yams? Don’t be. What you see in your store is actually a sweet potato and can be used in any recipe that calls for yams.

The Difference Between Yams and Sweet Potatoes Both come from angiosperms, or flowering plants, but are stem tubers grown underground that tend to be cylindrical in shape. The fruit of each can be ...

Potatoes are practical and delish, but they’ve gotten a bit of a bad rap, nutritionally speaking. Sweet potatoes have swooped in as a trendy tater alternative, and so began the sweet potato vs. potato ...

Potatoes are practical and delish, but they've gotten a bit of a bad rap, nutritionally speaking. Sweet potatoes have swooped in as a trendy tater alternative, and so began the sweet potato vs ...

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, but there remains some confusion about a dinner table staple: the difference between sweet potatoes and yams.

Yam vs. Sweet Potato A yam is a starchy root vegetable in the Dioscoreaceae (yam) family that has white or purple flesh with rough, bark-like skin and a neutral, sometimes earthy, flavor.