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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Summer Olympics end this week with closing ceremonies on Sunday. Stick the landing by hosting a viewing party stocked with plenty of fresh-baked pao de queijo, Brazilian cheese bread. Tapioca ...