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Article: Sweet potato paradise
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 18, 1998
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BATON ROUGE In the tiny town of Iota, La., three generations of the
Garber family harvest big taste for your holiday table.
In Baton Rouge, cookbook author Holly Clegg creates flavorful
recipes for the state's largest vegetable crop.
When it comes to food and fun, Louisiana may produce some of the
nation's best celebrations. Its climate also is ideal for growing
the sweet potatoes that have become an integral part of the
Thanksgiving meal. The warm trade winds that blow in from the Gulf
of Mexico, combined with the state's wind-deposited soil, produce
ultra-sweet, smooth-skinned sweet potatoes
that find their way across the nation throughout the year.
According to the Louisiana ...