Bring 4 cups of water to boil in a medium saucepan. Add the tapioca and simmer for 30 minutes or until the pearls turn clear, stirring to make sure the tapioca does not stick to the bottom of the pan.

Tapioca is starch obtained from the root of cassava, a plant that mostly grows underground (like a potato). In many parts of the world, it's a food staple. Cassava is a native vegetable of South ...

MAYBE it’s all that boba that’s been floating around in frothy milk teas. Or maybe it’s a nod to nostalgia and the creamy tapioca pudding of childhood memories. Maybe it’s a little of both. Whatever ...

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Taopica is a starch sold as flour, flakes, or pearls that’s low in nutritional value. People may use it as a gluten-free wheat alternative. Tapioca is a starch extracted from cassava root. It consists ...

Welcome to Daily TWiP, your daily dose of all the holidays and history we couldn’t cram into The Week in Preview. For many adventurous eaters, tapioca is one of those great puzzlers of the culinary ...

Bubble tea, also known as boba tea, first appeared in Taiwan but has recently exploded in popularity in the US. It’s made ...