If you've ever had a creamy purple drink at a boba shop or sampled a bowl of poi alongside your kalua pork at a luau, you've tasted one of the world's first cultivated plants: taro. This starchy root ...

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Make no mistake, ube and taro are not the same. Ube and taro are root vegetables that are commonly used in Filipino cuisine, and each needs to be cooked before they are safe to consume. Ube is a ...

With the exception of the pricey chip variety found in foil bags with black backgrounds in the Whole Foods or Trader Joe's snack aisle, taro root, technically taro corm, is a tuber not easily found in ...

Capri Cafaro visits the island of Oahu to learn how taro is sacred to the Hawaiian people. Capri explores regional traditions surrounding taro in Hawaii. She learns about the history of taro and how ...

Taro, a root vegetable, is a staple in Vietnamese cuisine, providing a unique texture and flavor to a number of dishes ...