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"My partner's wife sent this last year to our Thanksgiving luncheon at work. It was hit there and a hit at my house. I just love it!"

Ingredients: coconut, eggs, half-and-half...

"I found this recipe on a site that was promoting an Asian-flavored Thanksgiving. Even though we don't really celebrate the holiday per se, we adore sweet potatoes and we love Indian cuisine, so why limit ourselves? The original recipe called for yams, but I subbed in the sweet potatoes. Feel free to re-sub the yams. I also adapted the recipe..."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, coconut milk...

"This was created for Ready, Set, Cook 2006. The sweet potato bake is jazzed up by the topping of the shredded plantain. The fried shredded plantain is known as aranitas. In spanish this means, "little spiders." The little plantain threads are sticking out in all directions, thereby creating the "spidery" look."

Ingredients: pepper, eggs, green plantains...

"I looked through the sweet potato pie recipes here and could not find one quite like this. The topping makes it different. From Reiman Publications' "The Country Cooking Recipe Collection Prize-Winning Pies.""

Ingredients: cinnamon, eggs...

"This is an outstanding sweet potato casserole! The bourbon is only optional. It is important to only oven-bake the sweet potatoes and not to boil them. If you are serving this to a large crowd of people then prepare two separate casserole dishes. Make certain to purchase only very soft coconut, you may wish to chop the coconut if the shreds are large...."

Ingredients: cinnamon, coconut, eggs...

"This is one of my favorite soups.
It is from Real Simple magazine"

Ingredients: toasted sesame oil, fresh cilantro stems...

"Great side dish, from the Plantation Room in Calloway Gardens, Atlanta. Making this reminds me of going to see the lights there around Christmas!"

Ingredients: sherry wine vinegar, sweetened coconut...

"While living with my elderly grandparents, I tried my best to prepare things my grandfather would eat. Basically, he'd quit eating and just decided that he would give up on living. He loved sweet potatoes and I fixed them at least three times a week, trying out different ways to serve them. While rummaging through the cabinets, I came across a..."

Ingredients: coconut pecan frosting, yams...

"This recipe is from "The Mississippi Cookbook." Recipe submitted by Bessie Jackson of Louisville, MS."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cloves, eggs...

"Delicate Vegetarian Dish. Makes an excellent alternative starter to oriental cuisine. Very hearty."

Ingredients: dry chili peppers, dried lemon grass...

"This is the most fabulous and delicious sweet potato recipe I have ever made, a refreshing change from the marshmallow or candied dishes. It's perfect with rich holiday meats like turkey, goose, ham and other roasted pork... and it's sooooo easy. I made it for Thanksgiving; but it would be equally wonderful for Christmas, a unique addition to..."

Ingredients: coconut macaroons, salt...

"This is a different way to cook sweet potatoes. It's a refreshing dessert. A perfect finish to an Asian meal, especially after heavy stuff like curry. It's served cold, so it's great for summer too. And you can use up those leftover cooked sweet potatoes. Agar-agar powder can be found in Asian groceries store/market. I prefer making jelly-type..."

Ingredients: screwpine leaves, agar-agar...

"I was at someone's office delivering some paperwork and I saw this magazine Cuisine At Home - Issue 42, Volume 7 and I asked them to copy this recipe for me. It looks fabulous! So I am posting here until we can make it. Which I am very sure won't be long."

Ingredients: coconut milk, fresh cilantro...

"This is another recipe from the 2006 quick cooking annual cookbook. This sounds delicious."

Ingredients: crushed pineapple, eggs...