Yuca root, also known as cassava root, is a staple crop that supports hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Yuca root looks like a cross between a potato and sweet potato in many ways, as a long, ...

It is almidon sagrado, or “sacred starch,” in the poetry of Dr. Marinaelo Medrano, author of the collection “Diosas de la Yuca” (Goddesses of the Yuca). Yuca bears no resemblance to the similarly ...