The holiday decorations at my local Target store feel like a not so subtle shove into the holiday season. I suppress the urge to scream “stop rushing me!” at the 14.5-inch plush deer figurine wearing ...

I have deep affection for ube, the mild, sweet purple yam that colors pandesal, Filipino breakfast bread, and shows up in the pastry section in Hawaiian grocery stores and lends its hue to the ...

Ube is a purple tuber native to the Philippines and it's been called a cultural phenomenon. The plant — which is considered a yam or sweet potato — is a natural source of food coloring, and you may ...

Our ube cake has two fluffy ube cake layers sandwiching an ube jam, and everything is frosted in ube Swiss meringue ...

Relish the rich purple color of the Ube blondie pie by Ishnoelle Richardson of Baking With Ish in San Gabriel. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) The holiday decorations at my local Target store feel ...