What Is Cornstarch, and How Is It Used in Cooking? First, let's get a better understanding of what exactly cornstarch is and how it behaves when cooked. Cornstarch is made from the endosperm of corn ...

Q. In an article on puddings, you used cornstarch as a thickening product. I have found arrowroot produces much silkier results, never clumps and is superior to cornstarch. Any thoughts? When I'm ...

Arrowroot and tapioca are two popular gluten-free flours used in baking. Both have unique properties that make them suitable ...

Arrowroot is a gluten-free starch obtained from the roots of the arrowroot plant, a starchy tropical plant. A native to South America and a staple in the Caribbean cooking, it is a perennial herb ...

An easy, last minute way to thicken a sauce is to whisk in a little cornstarch that has been dissolved in water. But cornstarch can make the sauce a bit chalky. That is why many experienced cooks ...

Cornstarch may not be the most exciting ingredient, but it's utterly essential in so many recipes — from thickening stir-fries to keeping a cheesecake creamy and baking up a fruit pie. So there’s ...

I watched the lined-up buckets fill with brackish brown water as they sat on a bare concrete floor, wet with icy cold water. Not far from them were snow-white blocks of almost-finished product in ...

Most of us Caribbean people will smile when we hear the mention of the word “arrowroot” because it brings back warm memories of comfort foods from our childhood. Some will remember the good old days ...