Cuba smiles across the waves and now — finally — we can return the grin. We long to splash over the divide, wade ashore and take it all in. For now, we’ll start with yuca. The tropical shrub defines ...

Stephen Lemons is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer. Southern California chefs are experimenting with the versatility of that sticky, fibrous root vegetable known as yuca, cassava or manioc. Had I ...

Yuca is a tropical shrub in Cuba that defines hearty. It thrives in drought, shrugs off neglect and produces long starchy roots that keep underground for years. Boiled, steamed or pan-fried, the tuber ...

Squeeze the extra water out of the shredded yucca by placing about ¾ of a cup of the yucca in a potato ricer and squeeze down hard. Or do it in tennis ball size batches with your hands. The best way ...

• Squeeze the extra water out of the shredded yucca by placing about ¾ of a cup of the yucca in a potato ricer and squeeze down hard. Or do it in tennis ball size batches with your hands. The best way ...

Serve yuca cakes alongside fried eggs or roast pork, or solo topped with a little garlic mayo. Michael Tercha TNS Cuba smiles across the waves and now — finally — we can return the grin. We long to ...

Cuba smiles across the waves and now — finally — we can return the grin. We long to splash over the divide, wade ashore and take it all in. For now, we’ll start with yuca. The tropical shrub defines ...