How Sweet They Are

SAVOR THE FALL FAVORITES WITH INSPIRATION FROM A SWEET POTATO SAVANT

By Jenny Everett

Sweet potatoes are the North Carolina state vegetable, but they could also be the official veggie of Stephanie Tyson’s family. “I remember my mom telling me her grandmother used to hide baked sweet potatoes in her apron so the kids wouldn’t get to them and she could secretly eat them herself,” says Tyson, the chef and co-owner of Sweet Potatoes restaurant in her hometown of Winston-Salem. The ones her family feasted on largely came from a farmer who would drive around their neighborhood with a pickup truck full of the bright orange favorites, along with watermelons and other produce. And the family would prepare them in all forms—candied, roasted, in pies, and in pones (crustless pies they made with raisins, pecans, and pineapple). Not surprisingly, when Tyson began creating the…

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