How to Use taro in a Sentence

taro

noun

• And the milk teas include rose, taro and matcha flavors.
  — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
• Dumpling Time fills bright-pink beet buns with taro puree and crafts a soup dumpling the size of a pomelo.
  — Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2018
• First, use one of the six syrups (brown sugar, matcha or taro) to marble your cup.
  — Jacorey Moon, goodhousekeeping.com, 4 May 2023
• The milky taro, filled with chunks of the pale purple root and tiny sago pearls, is a standout.
  — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Oct. 2021
• Anyone who has ever had the taro Swiss cake and bubble tea knows that the spot can't be missed.
  — Von Diaz, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2022
• Today, farms in Hanalei Valley produce more than half of all the taro in Hawaii.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
• Could the flavors of our taro cakes and shiu mai actually speak to the city around them?
  — Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2018
• The fried taro puffs may be the most distinct of all dim sum dumplings in both appearance and flavor.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
• Its summer rolls and crispy little spring rolls stuffed with cabbage and soft taro are spot-on.
  — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 11 May 2018
• The color might not be as dark as ube, but can take on a purple hue when boiled (like in this taro bubble tea).
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2021
• The business buys taro paste from a handful of farms in Hawaii, most of it harvested and processed in Hanalei.
  — Tejal Rao, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• Here’s where to find great local fare such as taro rolls and purple Molokai sweet potatoes and grilled fish and pork, to name just a few.
  — Debbi Kickham, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Snoh Ice Shavery: Matcha, taro, milk or mango shave ice.
  — Kimi Robinson, azcentral, 18 Feb. 2020
• Tous les Jours, a French-Asian bakery, serves both almond croissants and taro cream bread.
  — Rebecca Treon, Chron, 1 Apr. 2023
• Mango and taro boba, meanwhile, just filled out the crayon box of colors like Slurpees at the 7-Eleven.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 24 May 2018
• Potato, pumpkin and taro should be cut into bite-size pieces.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2017
• The wet and fertile valley has also been a place where people have tended to lo'i, or taro fields, for many years.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2022
• Jars of tapioca pudding come in flavors like black sesame, taro and peach.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Nov. 2021
• Since the drought, all that’s left to remind him of home are a malunggay tree — sacred in the Philippines — some taro root and bitter melons.
  — Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
• Find earthy-sweet combinations like matcha and taro root.
  — Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2019
• As smoke billows through their backyard, father and son wave two-foot taro leaves over a three-foot hole filled with kindling and wood to light it on fire.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2022
• Hawaii’s creation myth says that two gods had a stillborn baby, who was buried and grew into a kalo, or taro, plant.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 27 Aug. 2023
• One of my favorite menu items is the Coconut Taro Smoothie, which features a rich blend of real taro and thick coconut milk.
  — oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2021
• You're bound to find taro in more than a few dishes during this celebration.
  — Julia Warren, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2023
• The taro on Palakiko’s farm is descended from plants his father grew when the family moved back to its ancestral land in the late 1980s.
  — Ben Goggin, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023
• This version from Brigid Washington subs collards and spinach for harder to find taro leaves.
  — Brigid Washington, Bon Appétit, 8 Mar. 2021
• Milk tea flavors include Thai, jasmine, brown sugar, taro and matcha milk tea.
  — Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
• The crowd is young, the music is loud, and the food is ideal for ordering en masse. Don’t skip the single dessert on the menu: a raft of fried brioche with taro ice cream and chocolate crunchies on top.
  — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, 7 Nov. 2019
• In northern China, zongzi are typically sweet, filled with a red bean paste or taro.
  — Casey Quackenbush, Time, 18 June 2018
• Starchy taro replaces potatoes in Fresh Off Da Boat’s chips and fries, which accompany ruby-red tuna poke or mahi-mahi fish and chips.
  — Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Oct 2024