Local farms bringing strawberries to the farmers markets include Medina Farms and Mehl Berry Farm from Watsonville; Ratto Farms from French Camp (near Stockton) is selling stalks of red rhubarb. 1. To ...

Properties: Tiny and hard when uncooked and large, sticky and chewy when cooked. Flavor: They are flavorless but tend to take on any other flavors you are cooking with. Uses: Desserts like pudding, ...

Cuscuz branco, the actual name of this Brazilian dessert is made of milled tapioca that has been cooked with sugar and milk and is very popular in Brazil. 1. Soak tapioca overnight in 2 cups of room ...

This is my way of combining two things I love, tapioca and peach pie filling, in a dessert whose elements can be prepared in advance and assembled at the last minute. It’s layered like a parfait, ...

Next week is Diwali, the festival of lights, followed by the dawning of a New Year that Indians celebrate around the world. When it comes to Diwali, one can never have enough sweets. Sweets, like ...

For decades I’ve admired Chef Jacques Pepin. As a cookbook author, teacher, and PBS TV star, he changed the way I cook and think. Recently I took great delight when Food and Wine magazine arrived. His ...

Tapioca pudding seems like the kind of old-timey dish that even people 100 years ago probably found boring. If you've had tapioca this century, it's more likely that you consumed it in the form of ...

It's squishy, jiggly, creamy, and sweet -- and while that doesn't sound all bad, this vintage dessert has earned nicknames such as frogspawn or eyeball pudding. Tapioca pudding, whether you like it or ...

Custards and puddings are classic comfort foods, and who doesn’t need comfort these days? I’ve been craving a creamy pudding of vanilla and tapioca (extracted from cassava root) and decided to test ...