Sweet potatoes have a home in many global cuisines, but they're particularly prominent in African American food. You see, yams feature heavily in the West African diet, but these tubers only grow ...

Spring onions and scallions, zucchini and squash, and sweet potatoes and yams are all examples of vegetables that occasionally get confused for each other. It’s easy to mix up foods that look ...

In Africa, yam is pounded into a very stiff paste called fufu, eaten by hand in pinches from the serving tray, rolled into balls and dipped into a stew. FAQs about BBC Food ...