Darina Allen: Celebrating National Potato Day

Drat, I’ve just discovered that I missed National Potato Day. It was on Friday, October, 4. Somehow it whizzed by without me registering but I really want to write a column extolling the virtues of my veggie hero —my top pick for a desert island staple.
Why do we insist on calling it the humble spud when for me it is the most versatile of all vegetables.