Late blight, which caused the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s and 1850s, is killing potato and tomato plants in home gardens from Maine to Ohio and threatening commercial and organic farms, U.S. plant scientists said on Friday.
The fungal disease, spread by spores carried in the air, has made its way into the garden centers of large retail chains in the Northeastern United States. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Man buys a bag of Cape Cod potato chips, finds a few chips and a whole potato picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Found: One Nokia cell phone covered in crumbs and grease. Unmistakable odor of potato chips. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

I chose the potato to portray human faces because of the many striking parallels. Not only is their skin porous like ours, but their skin texture and color is very similar, and like us, they come in different sizes, shapes and forms. Potatoes grow, live, and then decay, mirroring the ephemeral existence and fragility of our own human nature. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A Manhattan librarian emerged as a champion couch potato after three rivals gave in to sleep deprivation or nature's call. picked by muppet 2 years ago

Polish prosecutors have dropped a libel case in which a German paper likened their president to a potato. (Theme pic is president, I'm with the Germans on this one...)

But Americans, you still can't say one sentence... picked by TheStep 2 years ago

In this short controversial film, Scott VanPala takes you on a chaotic yet adventurous journey with a powerful and destructive Potato Gun. He illustrates how he made his using nothing more than hairspray and pvc pipe from Home Depot using gift certificates he got for Christmas. He then demonstrably shows the various, and perhaps irresponsible, uses picked by jovawell 2 years ago

A vicar claims a potato got stuck up his bottom after he fell on the vegetable while hanging curtains in the nude. picked by davethefish 1 year ago

Chef Neil Wyles initially thought news of an arrest of a 25-year old woman in Vancouver for assault with a potato peeler was a joke. He does not regard a potato peeler as much of a weapon. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Brian and Linda “Lyn” Hershey have one potato chip that won’t get eaten any time soon. It has a likeness of Jesus Christ cooked into its surface. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Shiv Sena, the ultra-right Hindu nationalist party in India, has launched a global brand of snack food called the Shiv Vada -- a sandwich containing deep-fried potato ball. They want to make it as popular as hamburgers. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

How to quickly, and easily, peel a boiled potato

The video is in Japanese, but is very easy to understand anyway. picked by DaftGretel 2 years ago

When four-year-old Zachary Clouter was asked to help out on his parents allotment, he didn't expect to find a spectacular spud.

The thrilled youngster dug up a potato the same size and shape as the rubber ducks which normally play in his bath. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

"The candidates have been in Iowa forever. Why not have fun with the whole process?" says Andy Green, a gimlet-eyed 20-year-old with a wide face and a perpetual smile, like he's been hiding a big joke he's just dying to tell. He's the kind of guy you'd imagine rushing up to Clinton, breathlessly saying: "You need to pose with Mr. Potato Head. You're the last Democrat to do this.&quo... read full post picked by chelcho 2 years ago

Britain’s Supreme Court of Judicature has answered a question that has long puzzled late-night dorm-room snackers: What, exactly, is a Pringle? picked by bornbad 5 months ago

Officials tell the Jersey Journal they still don't know why a gunman robbing a gas station near the Holland Tunnel was carrying a potato in his left hand, but one Jersey City officer speculates he may have been trying to silence his gun with the vegetable. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

his is the story of how Mr. Potato Head became… Darth Tater! picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Christian Ristow was at Maker Faire with his giant pneumatically powered sculpture called Hand of Man. It’s great. It’s a highly interactive piece in which one puts on a glove with sensors and controls a multi-ton pneumatic hand capable of picking up and crushing a refrigerator. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

What makes a potato pancake a latke?
A little Jewish culinary history for you. picked by Wags273 11 months ago

Celebration of IYP will raise awareness of the importance of the potato, and of agriculture in general. picked by glik 2 years ago