We can all agree that potatoes are a pantry staple. Like other produce, they come in all different shapes, flavors and colors. But one variety deserves some extra praise: purple sweet potatoes. These ...

Though the regular potato has a home in our pantry, sweet potatoes get special attention. They're not only more delicious, but they're also more nutritious, with more fiber, vitamin A, and vitamin C ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. -- Picking a peck of perfect potatoes may mean planting purple potatoes. Danny Johns is a third generation potato farmer in Hastings. He has Blue Sky Farms. Recently, the purple ...

You may be busting out your holiday cookbook over the next couple days — it’s that time of year. Cookies, ham, turkey, all the favorites. There’s much to be said for the familiar spread, but we have a ...

Winter markets often look brighter because of those piles of sweet potatoes. A familiar heap of orange ones sits next to a ...

You see the sign in front of a basket of vaguely purple tubers at your local farmers market and you think, “Really?” But six or seven years ago when Bryan Hager of Crager Hager Farm in Bremen saw ...

Rich in fiber and low on the glycemic index, Japanese purple sweet potatoes are having a moment. The beautiful potatoes, whose color remains bright even through a long cooking process, also pack an ...