What are White Potatoes and Russet Potatoes? White potatoes, also known as round potatoes or new potatoes, are typically small to medium in size and have smooth white or yellowish skin. They have a ...

Spoiler alert: you'll need about two, assuming you're using standard-sized white potatoes (most likely Russet potatoes).

While we all like to think we're great chefs, it appears a vast number of us have been botching our roast potatoes for years.

Russet potatoes tend to be the largest type ... the range of 1 1/2 to 2 1/4 inches in diameter. Red potatoes, some white ...

Generally, there are russet types that are starchy with brown skins and that are good for baking; red potatoes that can have white, yellow, or red and starchy or waxy flesh; white potatoes with white ...