CEBU, Philippines — Cassava root isn’t as common a culinary ingredient in some countries as it is in others. It is more known in its dried extract form as tapioca. Cassava roots have a nutty, and ...

This Vietnamese dessert is made from the hardy root vegetable cassava. Tapioca is a starch extracted from the tuber and is available from Asian food shops. Credit: Feast / Alan Benson To make ...

A: Tapioca is the starch derived from the root of the cassava plant. Native to Brazil, the plant spread across South America and was taken by explorers to Europe, Africa and Asia. It is now grown ...

A root vegetable, cassava is used a bit like a potato and also turned into a versatile flour. The leaves, too, are used in various dishes. --- See Sarah Graham making a classic cassava dish and much ...

(CBS SF) -- Tapioca, that gooey, chewy, yummy, starchy, happy-feeling food has its own national holiday, June 28th, and there's no better way to celebrate National Tapioca Day than with Boba Tea, ...