WASHINGTON — Pastry chef Rochelle Cooper wanted to make her “Dunk-a-boos” Halloween cookies fun and unique. To her, there was an obvious and beloved ingredient to use: ube. The RAMMYS Pastry Chef of ...

In the six months since Carol Occidental opened her Filipino bakery, The Sweet Spot, in North Little Rock’s Park Hill neighborhood, I drove right past it some 260 times on my daily commute without the ...

It’s expensive to go home — especially when home is the Philippines. “When I moved to the U.S., a lot of things were new to me. My sister and I didn’t know anybody other than our dad,” Kei Ann ...

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 ...

How to tell if a particular flavor has entered the mainstream American culinary vernacular: Spot said flavor at Trader Joe’s in the form of cookies, chips and/or ice cream. Have your dad, who was ...

Ube isn’t exactly the newest food trend anymore, but it’s getting more popular by the year. Ube is the iconic purple yam from the Philippines, not to be confused with the taro flavor seen in bubble ...

It’s the color that’ll likely grab your attention first if you’ve never tried a dessert made with ube before. The bright, highly Instagrammable purple of the cakes, pop tarts and other sweets that ...