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An article from the library of congress on the difference between sweet potatoes and yams

A daughter recalls making a traditional Trinidad Black Cake with her mother.

"The Slave Son," a novel by Marcella Fanny Wilkins

This recipe is a very close cousin to my wife's wrongly named sweet potato recipe in which we use yams and not sweet potato. Published in 1827 and written by Mary Rudolph, the Virginia Housewife or Methodical Cook is 225 pages long and contains over…

Screen shot of Cassava Comparison taken from Journal of a West India Proprietor: Kept During a Residence in the Island of Jamaica was written by Englishman Matthew Gregory Lewis

A photo of cooked plantain chips

"Healthier Steps" recipe for Yuca with Garlic Sauce (Yuca con Mojo) along with description of Yuca plant and its uses

This is a contemporary Jamaican recipe for pumpkin soup. Traditional Jamaican Pumpkin soup is typically kept whole, but this contemporary recipe recommends pureeing the soup for texture. Although the recipe is specifically for Jamaican pumpkins,…

Pumpkin pancake recipe

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