The root vegetable cousin of the potato ... although both can be utilized in sweet dishes depending on the recipe. Additionally, taro can be roasted, steamed, or fried and included as a side ...

Taro contains oxalic acid, an irritant, so you need to wear protective gloves when handling the vegetable, or it will make your hands itch. For the same reason, make sure the taro is fully cooked ...

F&W's guide offers recipes for every season and introduces you to unfamiliar root vegetables from other cuisines (think yuca or taro).

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 ...

It's so much faster than an umu. Or sometimes you can plan it and say there are just way too many people, so we do one umu for the taro and then all the meat is cooked on the barbecue because it's ...