Looking for a twist in your recipes? Imagine a sweet potato, but brilliantly purple – that's ube! It's a staple in Filipino ...

The world’s new hunger for ube is starting to strain the people who farm it in the Philippines, considered to be the top ...

This Southeast Asian staple is having a moment in the sun. We reached out to Filipino food experts to learn more about ube and its newfound currency. It turns out that not every ube creation you see ...

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There’s been quite a bit of buzz about ube lately—a purple showstopper of a root vegetable that’s popping up left and right on social media and restaurant menus alike—and we must admit we’re intrigued ...

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I'm going to let you in on a little secret. That lovely purple ice cream you see just above isn't black raspberry flavored. It's made of a vegetable called ube (pronounced "ooh-bae"). And no, this isn ...

Soaring demand and extreme weather worsened by climate change have wiped out harvests of the popular purple yam. Soaring demand and extreme weather worsened by climate change have wiped out harvests ...