Ube is a purple yam native to Southeast Asia whose glimmering purple center, mild, sweet flavor, and coconut-like aroma have made it a popular ingredient in traditional Filipino sweets. Across the U.S ...

Representatives Paolo Duterte and Omar Duterte have filed a bill seeking to establish a national development program for the country’s growing ube industry, aim ...

My name is Rekaya Gibson. And I’m obsessed with ube. Ube is a purple yam native to Southeast Asia and commonly used in Filipino cooking. It has a mild sweet taste that reminds me of sweet potato. I ...

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This bright purple yam is incredibly versatile. Ube is a major vegetable crop in the Philippines. The word ube (pronounced "ooo-bay") comes from the yam's name in Tagalog, the national language of the ...

With its eye-catching color and sweet-but-subtle flavor, ube has been on dessert menus everywhere over the past few years. A staple in Filipino cooking for generations, ube became Instagram-famous ...

A global hunt for ube, whose signature violet hue has taken over social media, is upending a precarious supply chain in Asia.

Known for its sweet taste and iconic purple hue, ube -- a purple yam of Filipino origin -- has made quite an imprint on the culinary world. Ube has become an increasingly popular flavor in all kinds ...

Ube (Dioscorea alata), popularly known as purple yam, has emerged as a global culinary phenomenon, with demand surging across ...