While many recipes suggest parboiling the sweet potatoes, I skip this step to save time. Instead, I slice the yams into ...

Make yam chips or bake yams in their skins. 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.

Yams are excellent steamed, boiled, microwaved, roasted, sauteed or baked and hold their colour and texture well.

raisiny (sweet) sherry in the sauce. Preheat the oven to 325 F. Prick each yam several times with a fork and set on a parchment paper-lined sided baking sheet. Bake yams until just tender ...