Americans specifically first made contact with ube in the 1890s during the country's occupation of the Philippines. Ube seeds also began to crop up in seed catalogs in the United States, sometimes ...

In Southeast Asia, in the archipelago of 7,641 islands that comprise the Philippines, a lush foodie paradise is found. Here, coconuts, mangoes, and okra are harvested in abundance, as well as ...

Only now, with access to the fresh crop, has she put ube on the menu at Peso. Ube has been cultivated in the South Pacific for at least 10,000 years. In the Philippines, ...

Ube, or purple yam, is a crop native to the Philippines that has surged in American popularity over the last few years. Now it seems like nearly every restaurant, coffee shop and bakery has found ...

The "ube-lievable" journey of this root crop was further explored in a recent episode of the Kwentong Palayok podcast, tracing its rise from humble beginnings to global fame.

Oribello's makes its ube tres leches with a vanilla sponge cake drenched in a concoction of ube-flavored condensed and evaporated milks. The $9 purple treat is topped with a light whipped cream ...