Cow's milk ricotta cheese q.b. Lemon thyme q.b. Extra virgin olive oil q.b. Black pepper q.b. To prepare rice and peas, start by cleaning and chopping the shallot (1). Place the chopped shallot in a ...

Food & Wine / Photo Illustration by Doan Nguyen / Photo by Robby Lozano / Food Styling by Renu Dhar With that in mind we tasked our test kitchen with identifying the best way to cook basmati rice.

Here's something most home cooks discover the hard way: scaling up stovetop rice is hard work, and escaping without a mushy bottom is hardly guaranteed. But the solution isn't a better technique — ...

If you have visited Southern-inspired restaurants in Charleston, Carolina Gold likely has landed on the dinner table on multiple occasions. The rice brings a wholesome starchiness and rich, nutty ...

All six methods started with the same prep — rinsing and soaking the rice for 30 minutes — to remove surface starch and ensure tender, separate grains. Baking basmati rice in a 375°F oven earned the ...

We tested six methods for cooking rice and this one was the surprising winner. All six methods started with the same prep — rinsing and soaking the rice for 30 minutes — to remove surface starch and ...