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Tapioca

One of those squidgy foods you either love or hate, it's made by molding cassava root starch into pliable beads.
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Tapioca unscrambled (aren't you glad?) - 18 Aug 2009

Generations of British children grew up on the school dinner concoction Frog's Spawn, a milky dessert, damp and squidgy. It was their revolted name for Tapioca. One of those foods, like Sago Pudding and Rice Pudding, you either love or hate, those children almost without exception hated it. Such a shame. read more...

Bubble tea - 27 May 2009

Bubble tea is one of South east Asia's most popular drinks. It's less like tea than a liquid tapioca pudding. read more...

Bubble Tea Cafe - one of my favorites - 3 Sep 2008

Bubble tea may be an acquired taste for anyone not from South East Asia. But give yourself a treat: acquire it. On the lower level of the Wheaton Mall, not far from the entrance to Target, is a dynamic young Asian couple who whiz around like dervishes making all manner of cold or frozen drinks, from fruit smoothies to milk shakes. But their Bubble Teas are where the fun is. read more...

Two women to watch
There are culinary people whose careers are worth keeping an eye on. On my list of foodies to follow is Janet Cam, one of the restaurant world's really good general managers - warm but professional, with a great wine palate to boot. And she's about to be back on the floor of a new Washington restaurant in whose kitchen you'll find Roberto Donna's once right-hand/left-hand executive chef, Amy Brandwein.
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