Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry 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 ...

Sônia Benevides is well-known in the coastal city of Natal for her experimental cooking. This recipe is her interpretation of Japanese temaki, or hand roll, using common tapioca flour with a unique ...

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 ...

This post has been updated. There are plenty of situations that require the thickening power of a pantry starch: your pie filling, soup, sauce, gravy. Cornstarch, tapioca starch (also known as tapioca ...

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 ...