"I feel like it’s the next vanilla,” says Henry Awayan about ube, the beautiful, vibrant purple root vegetable. Jean Chen ...

With its eye-catching color and sweet-but-subtle flavor, ube has been on dessert menus everywhere over the past few years. A staple in Filipino cooking for generations, ube became Instagram-famous ...

How to tell if a particular flavor has entered the mainstream American culinary vernacular: Spot said flavor at Trader Joe’s in the form of cookies, chips and/or ice cream. Have your dad, who was ...

You may have seen ube, also known as purple yam or purple sweet potato, popping up on trendy food blogs and on Instagram. But this trending tuber has deep roots in the Philippines, where it’s a key ...

Ube, the violet yam native to Southeast Asia, has been making its purple presence known in bakeries and on dessert menus throughout Philly. Though there are many varieties of ube (pronounced “ou-beh”) ...

It’s the color that’ll likely grab your attention first if you’ve never tried a dessert made with ube before. The bright, highly Instagrammable purple of the cakes, pop tarts and other sweets that ...

About midway through the pandemic, some basic baking ingredients such as flour and yeast became as hard to find as toilet paper. As more people turned to baking to while away the time, even uncommon ...

Root crops have long been a staple in many cultures across the globe. In Africa, yams and sweet potatoes dominate everyday food, as root crops are full of fiber, vitamins, and minerals. They have also ...

It’s the color that’ll likely grab your attention first if you’ve never tried a dessert made with ube before. The bright, highly Instagrammable purple of the cakes, pop tarts and other sweets that ...