You could cook a potato almost any way and chances are you won’t be disappointed with the result. But beyond this crop’s versatile charm and nutritional value is an unexpected history deeper than its ...

Where did mashed potatoes originate? Imported from South America in the 16th century, potatoes initially failed to take off in Europe as a delicacy. In France, potatoes were so unappetizing that the ...

The genetics of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) and how they have adapted to European conditions have been studied through reconstruction from historical genomes, including specimens from the Museum's ...

International Day of Potato 2025: Potato is one of the most consumed vegetables on the planet, with nearly two-thirds of the world population consuming it, according to the United Nations. Resistant ...

MADISON - Humans have cultivated potatoes for millennia, but there has been great controversy about the ubiquitous vegetable's origins. This week, writing in the Proceedings of the National Academies ...