This versatile root vegetable could be a great addition to a balanced diet, but here's why you'll need to cook it thoroughly.

It looks like sawdust, yet tastes toasty and crunchy - and it is strangely addictive. Manioc flour, a condiment Brazilians sprinkle indulgently over the whole meal, has an exotically dry taste. You ...

But it’s here that the manioc root, long the staple food of the Brazilian poor, is making its entree into the elite world of haute gastronomy. And in a country where fine dining has always been ...

Daniela Dutra Elliot prepares to saute chopped onions for her dish of bobo de camarao, a seafood stew made with cassava. Cassava is being grown by Hawaii farmers, though its availability is ...

Cassava is a staple food for millions of people across Africa and a major source of income and employment for farmers. There are efforts to create an effective cassava entrepreneurship system to boost ...

With its starched white tablecloths and stately crystal chandeliers, Rio de Janeiro's upscale O Navegador restaurant doesn't look like the birthplace of a revolution. But it's here that the manioc ...