I am not going to lie, for the 29 years I lived in Guyana, I can count on one hand the number of times I ate cassava bread. It wasn’t something bought and consumed at home. And I never sought it as a ...

In December, UNESCO labeled cassava bread as a cultural heritage of humanity. The flatbread is common to several Latin American and Caribbean countries, especially of indigenous communities. (Laughter ...

A staple in indigenous communities in Guyana, the versatile cassava is a sturdy, starchy root vegetable, similar in appearance to that of a yam, that grows well in tropical climates with well-drained ...

A new cassava workshop at the Cayo Levantado Resort in the Dominican Republic will highlight the history of the root vegetable and enable guests to bake their own cassava bread. Photo Credit: Cayo ...

Thirty years ago, the concept of making bread from cassava was like a mirage. Today, perhaps, all the cassava bread just needs to become a staple is legislation, Joe Agbro Jr. writes Though widely con ...