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 ...

“When I started planting taro, I believe something spiritual came ... He and his wife would plant acres and acres around Maui, including Pulehu, Kula, Maliko, Wailuku and even the plot where ...