We dug holes for shelter and lived on manioc root, but we worked and studied, because we had heart.

It's the sort of thing that gets handed down as the women are pounding the manioc root or whatever.

"Es tucupi," she said - a liquid extract of the manioc root, and you don't drink it, you cook with it.

Tucupi is a yellow sauce extracted from wild manioc root in Brazil's Amazon jungle.

Even digging for manioc root, a starchy African staple, is hazardous.

Konkonte is a poverty food of Ghana made from dried and pounded manioc root.

Rhubarb, like manioc root, sea urchins and truffles, resides in a category of foods that by rights should never have made their way to the table.

It is served with farofa, which is normally a dry, crunchy derivative of the starchy manioc root.

Chicha can also be made from manioc root (also called yuca or cassava), grape, apple or various other fruits.

It can be made of maize, manioc root (also called yuca or cassava) or fruits among other things.