Not everybody loves the texture of tapioca pearls at the bottom of the strong iced drink that’s often called bubble tea, but Cathy Erway, author of a new cookbook called “The Food of Taiwan,” says ...

Bring 4 cups of water to boil in a medium saucepan. Add the tapioca and simmer for 30 minutes or until the pearls turn clear, stirring to make sure the tapioca does not stick to the bottom of the pan.

Boba tea, or bubble tea, has taken the world by storm with its chewy tapioca pearls and sweet, flavorful tea. While many love buying it from cafes, did you know you can make boba pearls right at home?

Maybe it’s all that boba that’s been floating around in frothy milk teas. Or maybe it’s a nod to nostalgia and the creamy tapioca pudding of childhood memories. Maybe it’s a little of both. Whatever ...

Tapioca pearls taste like nothing by themselves, but when combined with cumin seeds, green chilies, grated coconut, roasted peanuts and lime juice in sabudana khichdi, they take on a new life for ...

I love a good boba (or bubble) smoothie after a big bowl of pho or a banh mi. There’s something so fun about sucking up cold, sweet smoothie and finding those little tapioca pearls capriciously ...