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Posts tagged “rice”

Make This Tonight: Zucchini Rice Gratin

We've been looking for easy recipes that make use of the squash and zucchini we're getting in our CSA. This one could be a main dish......

Times Top 5: Mix-and-Match Rice Salads
From the NY Times Dining Section 07.30.08

Mark Bittman takes on one of our favorite topics: salads! Take a look at this and our other top 5 picks out of the Times dining section. ...

Wild Flower Rices from Provence

I was looking at an online recipe for soy-based rice ice cream when I noticed a link to an unusually charming ingredient: riz blanc à la rose: long-grain white rice with dried rose petals from Péch...

Honeybees, Rice Alternatives, and Underwater Wine Cellars:
Top food news for June 9-13

It's Hump Day and here we are with the food news for this week. Read on ......

Recipe: Breakfast Poha

In Devesh and Tara's Spice Pantry kitchen tour we were led on an Indian spice adventure in Tara and Devesh’s Manhattan apartment. Devesh shared two recipes: one for a typical western India breakfast...

Recipe: Simple Rice Pilaf

Pilaf makes a quick and elegant side dish to almost any meal. You can buy pilaf mixes at the grocery store, but we think it's just as easy--or easier--to make it yourself and then fancy it up with wha...

How to Cook Rice on the Stove

This is a tip we feel a little silly posting. As we always make rice on the stove (as opposed to in a rice cooker) we feel it is obvious. It is not, however, obvious to the many people who ask us ho...

Recipe: Saffron Rice with Peas and Cashews

Rice is a staple of many diets across the world. It's endlessly flexible and variable; it can be a dessert, a side dish, a main dish. As good as plain white rice can be, we love to dress up our rice j...

Good Question: What's a Good Pot for Cooking Rice?

Here's a good question from reader Joan on simplifying and reducing her kitchen cookware. She's getting rid of her rice cooker... The entry about how good a large skillet is got me thinking about ...

Flickr Find: Wild Rice Soup

Photo by Flickr user Ruthieki January is National Soup Month, and this bowl of wild rice soup looks like a great way to celebrate. The photographer and cook says that it's based on a legendary wild...

Recipe: Caramel Risotto

Risottos and braises are not the same, since a risotto is not covered at any point in the cooking process. But they are related in that the rice is fried with butter at the beginning, then cooked sl...

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