Jean Hanff Korelitz

I say that glorious prose is a fine and laudable thing, but without an enthralling story, it's just so much verbal tapioca. Simply put, the best books have both, and the best writers disparage neither.

American Novelist

Gary McCord

He's a threat to win until his brain turns to tapioca.

American Athlete

Tapioca is central in many cultures, especially in South American and Asian cuisines.

Cultural Staple

Tapioca is naturally gluten-free, making it suitable for those with celiac disease or a gluten intolerance.

Gluten-Free

As a plant-based product, tapioca is often used in vegetarian and vegan recipes.

Vegetarian Friendly

Describing food as 'tapioca' often refers to a soft and slightly chewy or gummy texture.

Descriptive Textures

When something has 'tapioca pearls', expect a bubbly, chewy texture as a key characteristic.

Tapioca Pearls

The word 'tapioca' can also describe a creamy, off-white color, similar to the starchy product.

Descriptive Colors

 over the next thousand years. Instead of the traditional meat filling, some communities opted for vegetarian dumplings. People developed new cooking methods. And because wheat was harder to cultivate outside of northern China, those in other regions began making dumplings using rice, tapioca, and sweet potato.

A brief history of...

 under the name of "manioc." In fact, it's grown all over the world -- yucca, tapioca, manioc, cassava, it's all the same thing -- a very starchy root vegetable. And you can make a very thick, sticky porridge out of it,

Amy Smith: Simple...

 there in a dark corner there was this humble cook local cook that was doing the tapioca crepes and I said maybe this woman can help me to find my recipe so i went there and i asked her what's this