Sago. Tiny little white pearls of … what exactly? It’s a starch and it comes from the pith of palm trees, in particular from a palm called Metroxylon sagu (sometimes called the sago palm) which ...

In the rush towards the latest trendy ingredient in cooking, some of the simple joys get left behind. Like sago. Like soeters. But let’s start with sago, and make a good old-fashioned pudding of it.

This is the famous pudding which has changed many people's feelings about the dreaded sago. Serves 6-8. Bring water to a fast boil and slowly dribble in the sago. Let it boil fast for 5-7 minutes.

Long before rice became the mainstay of Asia, prehistoric people in China turned to sago palm for starch. That news tidbit from archeologists in China got us to wondering who's eating sago these days.

Sago palms were a key food source in prehistoric China, long before rice, a new study finds. Although it's no longer a staple, it is still used in... Long before rice became the mainstay of Asia, ...