maple syrup
rice
tapioca starch
No...
When making Sorghum
Baking soda is not at all similar to tapioca starch, so you would get a very different result if you replaced one with the other. A more logical substitution for tapioca starch would be corn starch.
i need the tapioca
Tapioca tarch can sometimes be substituted, though it has a particular "stringy" texture.
Corn Starch
Yes! in many recipes!
You can use tapioca flour in some cookie recipes. It does not act like wheat flour, so only use tapioca flour if the recipe specifically says to.
Tapioca was one of my mother's favorite desserts.
Yes. Some people cannot tolerate corn, so tapioca starch is a good substitute.