Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ñame or Jamaican yam is a tuber. It has a very high starch content, and wouldn't be very good for a low-carb diet. But it is ...

By Kristine Adel If you’ve ever dug up potatoes with dirt under your nails and sunshine on your back, you already understand ...

What do you get when a tomato and a tuber-less plant meet in the Andes? A potato, nature’s starchy lovechild and one of humanity’s most vital crops. In a prehistoric twist of fate, a natural ...

They don't often let me go to the supermarket unless it’s just to get a newspaper or a bag of ice, because I always end up spending too much time there. Not exactly buying things, but just looking at ...