Despite their name, tiger nuts aren’t actually nuts. These wrinkly little foods are actually tubers like potatoes and yams. Tiger nuts are also known as yellow nutsedge, chufa, or earth almonds. This ...

You may have seen bulk bins of tiger nuts lately at your local grocery store, or noticed tiger nuts pop up on the ingredient list of healthier packaged snacks, from cookies to ice cream. The name of ...

Every once in a while, I’m introduced to a food that I’ve never heard of before. Most recently it was tiger nuts. Obviously, I assumed it was an actual nut — who wouldn’t? But I was wrong; a tiger nut ...