yam
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I ordered a stir fry of crab and broken rice with greens and yam that came topped with a fried soft-shell crab drizzled with shito, a Ghanaian chili sauce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
She cited aspirin drawing on formulations using willow tree bark, contraceptive pills developed from yam plant roots and child cancer treatments based on Madagascar's rosy periwinkle flower.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
The Ogbuagu feasted on traditional dishes such as goat meat pepper soup, nsala soup - made from catfish - pounded yam and palm wine.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2025
And at Chishuru, whose prix fixe dinner menu is priced at £95, egusi — a seed used in soup, usually served with pounded yam — flavors an ice cream accompanying a meringue sponge.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
The yam leaves on either side of the railway track began to nod in mass consent.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Issa was just 6 years old then, his family raising goats and farming yams in Perma, 270 miles north of Cotonou, the country’s biggest city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
The store was on Rye Lane, a lively high street where Caribbean grocers stack yams next to beauty and phone repair shops.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025
The first steps, at least, are already underway for the 44-year-old agronomist, who was awarded this year's prestigious Africa Food Prize for her research on yams and cassava, both major food staples in Africa.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025
She spends her mornings scouring the produce warehouses in nearby downtown for the oranges, mangoes, mushrooms, yams, garlic and greens her customers rely on to meet their daily grocery needs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
She stokes it with more hunks of turkey and whole candied yams.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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