Nobody, it seems, can agree about one of the world's oldest cultivated plants — taro — let alone how it tastes. The root vegetable cousin of the potato, taro is a staple of Asian cuisine but ...
Taro, also known as edible colocasia, is a bulbous tropical plant with edible roots. It has characteristic creamy flesh with purple spots and a delicate, nutty flavour. Cultivated for centuries in ...
Known locally as kalo, the plant has been fundamental to the Hawaiian diet and culture for centuries—but its future is uncertain. Once one of the world’s most cultivated root crops ...