The Best Way to Enjoy Sweet Potatoes? Make Oven Fries

These are terrific just sprinkled with coarse salt and pepper, but seasoning with smoked paprika and a little chile brings them to the next level.

Though sweet potatoes look tough, they're best handled with care. They bruise easily and should be enjoyed within a week or so. Dreamstime/TNS

By Beth Dooley From Star Tribune

First off, sweet potatoes are not yams. Yams hail from Africa, are not sweet or very nutritious. Our growers created this confusion to differentiate the drier, firmer sweet potatoes from the moister varieties they promote during the holidays.