If your encounters with tapioca have been limited to vanilla pudding and bubble tea pearls, then it's time for a trip to Oca, a bright new cafe on Mott Street in Nolita. Founded by four friends from ...

Oh, no. I stare at my bowl. “Eat your tapioca!” This is grandma, standing over the table, back in the day. The treat we kids always dreaded: tapioca pudding that looked like frog spawn. It all comes ...

Watch out France, there’s a new crepe in town! Sure, there’s nothing like eating one of those Nutella-banana numbers while strolling past La Tour Eiffel, but an unsung Brazilian staple, known as ...

When many Americans think of tapioca, their minds might immediately jump to the plastic pudding cups they tucked into their lunchboxes each day and ate as kids. Or they might think of the boba pearls ...

When Teca Thompson and Fatima Falangola explain tapioca to first-time customers at their food truck, Brazilianuts, they use the term “Brazailian taco” to convey its shape, texture and purpose. In ...

When I walked into Fabricia Oliveira Latterell’s house, she said, “Welcome home.” Not “Welcome to our home,” but “Welcome home.” It was nice to hear on a rainy October Saturday afternoon. Oliveira ...

America is behind the rest of the world when it comes to loving chewy foods, according to Justin Sullivan, assistant food editor at Delish. In fact, he recently wrote a whole article devoted to this ...

SAVANNAH, GA. — Vegetables taking "center stage," Brazilian tapioca and Indian cuisine are three trends bubbling up on menus in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, said Gerry Ludwig, corporate ...

Cuscuz branco, the actual name of this Brazilian dessert is made of milled tapioca that has been cooked with sugar and milk and is very popular in Brazil. 1. Soak tapioca overnight in 2 cups of room ...

In 1951, 1.5 million pounds of tapioca spilled into the East River when a pier holding a shipment from Brazil collapsed in the early morning hours. (The headline in The Times: “Tapioca à la East River ...

When Teca Thompson and Fatima Falangola explain tapioca to first-time customers at their food truck, Brazilianuts, they use the term “Brazailian taco” to convey its shape, texture and purpose. In ...