You can often find fresh bamboo shoots in Asian food stores, but they’re not easy to prepare as they’re protected by many layers of overlapping, brown husk covered in fine, sharp hairs.

"I really like bamboo shoots and have them a lot with ramen," sais Leslie Koh, a Singapore-based food blogger. "I spend a lot of time online trying to recreate comfort dishes as we currently have ...

KITA-KYUSHU, Fukuoka Prefecture--Spring in Japan is not limited to enjoying sakura--it’s the perfect time to enjoy the taste of the season, “takenoko,” or bamboo shoots. Takenoko are being ...

Removing the husk of the fresh bamboo shoot is much harder to describe than to do. Please don’t use canned bamboo shoot for this (or any) dish – it has an odd flavour, and the texture isn’t ...

Bamboo shoots have a range of health benefits, being high in protein, amino acids, iron, dietary fibre and vitamins But while up to 35 million tonnes of shoots are produced in China each year, only a ...

Bamboo shoots reach their peak of flavor for a scant ten days a year. 01:01 For this brief culinary pleasure, a family has maintained a bamboo grove for many years. Owing to its bamboo grove ...

The harvesting work starts in earnest in the spring, when bamboo shoots emerge from the ground. The team purchases shoots for planting and as treats for the pandas. Jennifer Adams, an animal ...