This post has been updated. There are plenty of situations that require the thickening power of a pantry starch: your pie filling, soup, sauce, gravy. Cornstarch, tapioca starch (also known as tapioca ...

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 ...

Following a baking recipe used to be easy. You’d gather your all-purpose flour, sugar, eggs, butter, and get to mixing. These days, though, there are several flour options on the table (err…shelf, ...