In August, co-owner Amy Besa and her husband, Chef Romy Dorotan, closed down Purple Yam Brooklyn, the long-running Filipino restaurant in New York, after 15 years. However, the couple is set to ...

On August 30, Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan will — for the last time — serve food at Purple Yam, the Filipino restaurant in Brooklyn that they opened in 2009. Running a restaurant has become a ...

Purple sweet potatoes, which are long and elongated ... "Ube is not typically sold at your local grocery store, but can be found at Filipino grocery stores in a frozen grated form, and ...