Sentence examples for of the Yam from inspiring English sources

These are delicious, translucent noodles made from the ground root of the yam.

A London-based Saudi opposition leader said the violence resulted from the closing of an Ismaili mosque in Najran, a province dominated by members of the Yam tribe.

Many of the edible tubers in the book are Asian, African and South American, including the root of the yam bean, more familiar as jicama.

This makes for a nice narrative arc — the lesson of the yam lip internalized — although in press interviews she has said, when asked about the possibility of undergoing further cosmetic enhancement, "Never say never".

The importance of the yam is demonstrated in an annual harvest festival in which the first yam is symbolically offered to the ancestors, whose worship is a prominent aspect of Baule religion.

The main nonarchitectural carvings yena, human heads; mindja, long boardlike carvings with a head at one end; and nogwi, figures of women were made for the three main rituals of the yam cult.

With the arrival of the yams came the announcement of the daughters marriage, but the mother would carry on.

Goaded by "the silence of the yams," Mr. Pollan wants to help old-fashioned edibles fight back.

Don't take the silence of the yams as a sign that they have nothing valuable to say about health.

"When the African slaves saw it, they called it nyami because it reminded them of the yams they had in Africa," Professor Osman said.

His meaty base is wild turkey, and I see more of the yams and dumplings fall out of his ladle into my bowl.