When the pecan, the pumpkin, the apple, and the sweet potato pies are all lined up on the kitchen counter, which one does your fork hover above first? There are committed devotees of each, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

Relish the rich purple color of the Ube blondie pie by Ishnoelle Richardson of Baking With Ish in San Gabriel. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) The holiday decorations at my local Target store feel ...

Ube is a beautiful deep purple yam famous in the Philippines. Ube extract and ube powder are much easier to find here in the ...

Baker Jan Rivera holds the two varieties of spuds used at the Hawaiian Sweet Potato Factory — a light-skinned purple potato, left, and a red-skinned yellow potato. They are aged in a glass-fronted ...

Each week we spotlight a healthy-delish recipe that’s truly genius (and easy to make) from someone who’s wowed us in the food world. We’re talking buzzy cookbook authors and Instagram foodies to ...

There are some dishes that tend to be considered classic Thanksgiving fare, like roast turkey, cranberry sauce, and sweet potato pie. But if you have specific health or dietary restrictions, sometimes ...