Welcome to the Weekend Cook and Tell. Every Wednesday we click through the food sections of various national newspapers to create a weekend cooking project. We hope you'll cook along with us and share your experiences, recipes, and photos here....
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Hey all! I am thinking about making some congee and I am interested in hearing what all of you think the best rice for congee is. Short/medium/long? White/brown? And how do any of these factors affect the cooking time? Thanks!...
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Each time I've cooked brown rice lately it has turned out an awful, mushy mess. I'm not certain, but I think I may be cooking it on too low a temp(stuck using an electric stove, bleh) for too long. Any...
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Anybody know where I can by vialone nano rice in dc? It is far and away my favorite type of risotto rice. I have tried Dean and Deluca and Vace, Italian deli with no success....
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With food prices going up, so many people are looking for ways to make simple, economical foods, well, less boring, less bland. Take rice for example. Long grain white rice is uber cheap, but still fairly boring. What do you...
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I followed Tyler Florence's recipe. My red Le Creuset was filled with oodles of Arborio rice, lots of chopped mushrooms, and several types of leafy herbs that awakened my senses. This dish requires a handful of fresh sprigs of thyme,...
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I've been really confused by this whole "I can't cook rice" thing I keep hearing about. I don't consider myself a really good cook, but I've never had any problem cooking rice. Am I missing something? Or am I just...
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Which is your preference and why? What kind do you buy and how do you cook it? What do you eat it with, or add to it? How often do you eat rice?...
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There are some things that I just can't cook successfully. My baking skills are getting much better, but only after loads and loads of practice. I just can't do rice. It always ends up hard or mushy or burnt or...
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I am trying hard to like rice but... Problems are: all those rules for what variety to choose for what dish. I seem to have a knack for undercooking or overcooking it. When I see the leftovers, they seem to...
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