One such discovery is the taro root—an exotic ingredient increasingly appearing on our tables. What is taro, and why should you introduce it into your diet? Taro root is an exceptional ...

Taro, the African superfood is what you need in your vegan stew. Taro, a nutrient-rich root vegetable native to Africa, is ...

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 ...

This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Hawaiian legend holds that taro is the sacred ancestor of all Hawaiian people. The staple root crop is so valued that ...