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Jem 100

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From: www.secretalien.com

Is there a good burger in this town? That is the question I put to Kwazy Kate as we toured Newberg on Monday after I had gotten the tire chains on my truck that would allow me to escape back to Beaverton. As it turns out, there is one, and, considering the location, a pretty damn good one. Jem 100 Jem 100 has been a Newberg tradition for 30 years, and for the last twenty it has been under the stewardship of owner Tom Vondercheck and his wife. When we first arrived we were prepared to be disappointed as, with all the snow, it ... Read Full Story

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Baked Sweet Potato Fries

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From: www.ourbestbites.com

The first time I ever tasted a sweet potato fry was at McMenamins when we lived in Portland. They were fried like french fries with just a sprinkling of salt, and they were so so good. I didn't expect to like them because it just sounded weird, but when I bit into that crispy, salty exterior and found a soft, sweet center, I was sold. One problem: most sweet potato dishes in the US are so full of bad-for-you ingredients (deep frying oil, brown sugar, butter, marshmallows, heck, all of this ) that is just cancels out all of the good stuff. And sweet ... Read Full Story

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Forget about French fries - try Baked Sweet Potato Fries instead

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From: blog.cookingwithtraderjoes.com

When I lived outside of Chicago, there was a restaurant there that had THE best sweet potato fries. They were deep fried and I would dip them into a homemade BBQ sauce they served there. I still love sweet potato fries, but I bake a healthier version in the oven at home (although that's the first restaurant I'll hit if I'm ever back in Chicago!). I made some vegetable curry this week, and I happened to have a bag of Trader Joe's peeled and pre-cut sweet potato spears handy. I tossed the spears with some olive oil (just enough to coat lightly), curry powder, ... Read Full Story

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Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries

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From: glutenfreeincleveland.blogspot.com

I think we'd all agree that January and February are rather dreary months - especially where food is concerned. Snow, ice, and bitterly cold temperatures aside, there is no quintessential winter vegetable to cook with, no holiday to get creative for for. (That is, unless you count Valentine's Day, but really, in the heart of February, I think we'd all agree any piece of chocolate will do.) To make matters all the more complicated, we're wadding through the wake of the post-holiday food season, a time when every calorie counts as we lament over tightened jeans and sweaters that are the door prizes of ... Read Full Story

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Eat cheap with sweet potatoes

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From: foodwoolf.com

A delicious, nutritious, and satisfying meal for just 40-cents I thought I knew what sweet potatoes tasted like. In my taste memory, sweet potatoes were dense, mealy, and slightly sweet. Yet, despite the millions of meals I've eaten and the multitudes of hours spent reading about food, I was mistaken. My outdated perspective on the sweet potato got a serious overhaul recently, when I tasted a baked yam, fresh from the oven. I was dumbfounded by its complex flavors, natural sweetness, and its unadulterated texture; it was creamy like a savory pudding. I've had my share of sweet potato fries, but have never tasted ... Read Full Story

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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SWEET POTATO AND A YAM?

Several decades ago when orange flesh sweet potatoes were introduced in the southern United States producers and shippers desired to distinguish them from the more traditional white flesh types. The African word "nyami" referring to the starchy, edible root of the Dioscorea genus of plants was adopted in its English form, "yam". Yams in the U.S. are actually sweet potatoes with relatively moist texture and orange flesh. Although the terms are generally used interchangeably, the U.S. Department of Agriculture requires that the label "yam" always be accompanied by "sweet potato." The following information outlines several differences between sweet potatoes and yams.