Tapioca is a starch extracted from the cassava root.
" She put her hands on my shoulders and drew me close to her apron, which smelled of starch and freshly baked bread.
Now, a team from Poland believe they've zeroed in on this mystery: it's all about the starch.
By inserting a barley gene into rice, Sun Chuanxin and his colleagues created SUSIBA2 Rice, which stores more starch in the section of the rice above ground, according to a paper published on the latest issue of Nature.
MANY people have been making the case that Americans have grown fat because they eat too much starch and sugar, and not enough meat, fat and eggs.
" The recipe for the crystals is not known but among its ingredients are maltodextrin - a carbohydrate made from corn starch, silica, tricalcium phosphate and soy and milk ingredients.
This is because they mainly contribute starch to a healthy diet, which is a good source of energy and helps digestion.
Stay inside during the peak sun hours, use plenty of antiperspirant where necessary, and use a soft talcum or corn starch powder to keep skin dry and prevent rubbing and chaffing.
Many a good and rare book has been taken to the delicatessen store and the grocer's, not to be read, but to be used as wrapping paper for starch and coffee, beans, for salted herring, butter, and cheese.
The snow creaked and crackled beneath her feet, as if she had been treading on starch.
