When I first encountered a cassava plant, it was love at first sight, and over the years, my affection for this graceful and highly useful perennial has only increased. Inside the US, cassava is ...

When you think of Brazilian food, grilled meats usually come to mind. Brazilian people also love a nutty-flavored starchy root vegetable called cassava. Native to South America, cassava is a high ...

A new cassava workshop at the Cayo Levantado Resort in the Dominican Republic will highlight the history of the root vegetable and enable guests to bake their own cassava bread. Photo Credit: Cayo ...

When Burundian cassava farmers split open the plant’s starchy root, they’re hoping to find white flesh that resembles coconut meat. If instead the inside is marked with brown patches, it’s likely ...