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

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 ...

The word “ube” (pronounced oo-bay) seems ubiquitous nowadays. At Trader Joe’s, you’ve probably seen items like Ube Mochi Pancake & Waffle Mix and Ube Ice Cream. In some restaurants and pastry shops ...

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WASHINGTON — Pastry chef Rochelle Cooper wanted to make her “Dunk-a-boos” Halloween cookies fun and unique. To her, there was an obvious and beloved ingredient to use: ube. The RAMMYS Pastry Chef of ...

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Filipino entrepreneurs in Iowa are sharing their culture through food and coffee businesses. These businesses feature Filipino staples such as lumpia and ube, a purple yam used in desserts and drinks.