Colorado researchers have found the earliest direct evidence of manioc cultivation in the Americas, the remains of a 1,400-year-old field in El Salvador that was buried by volcanic ash shortly after ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has discovered an ancient field of manioc, the first evidence for cultivation of the ...

Learn how to toast manioc flour with garlic and onions to make Farofa, a classic Brazilian side dish perfect with feijoada ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — With its starched white tablecloths and stately crystal chandeliers, Rio de Janeiro’s upscale O Navegador restaurant doesn’t look like the birthplace of a revolution.

Corn was the royalty of Maya food crops, celebrated in religion and cosmology, but archaeologists have long suspected that a different crop, the lowly manioc plant, was the mainstay of Maya life, ...

Rio De Janeiro-- With its starched white tablecloths and stately crystal chandeliers, Rio de Janeiro's upscale O Navegador restaurant doesn't look like the birthplace of a revolution. But it's here ...

It looks like sawdust, yet tastes toasty and crunchy - and it is strangely addictive. Manioc flour, a condiment Brazilians sprinkle indulgently over the whole meal, has an exotically dry taste. You ...

Archeologists have uncovered an ancient and previously unknown Maya agricultural system -- a large manioc field intensively cultivated as a staple crop that was buried and exquisitely preserved under ...

Manioc also played a part in Brazil’s more than 200-year-long slave trade, as an important food source on the ships that ferried millions of Africans to Brazil. From its birthplace in central Brazil, ...

With its starched white tablecloths and stately crystal chandeliers, Rio de Janeiro's upscale O Navegador restaurant doesn't look like the birthplace of a revolution. But it's here that the manioc ...