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In This Month's Issue:
1. Cooking Class....Rice Pilaf: Not a type, but a method
Rice Pilaf actually falls under the category of the "au gras" method of cooking. This is the same method used for risotto, paella or rice a la grecque; Continue

2. Wild About Rice......
Hard to get, expensive at best, this stuff acts like an import from France, but.... Continue

3. A Roster of Rices...
Rice is the staple food for more than half the world's population and consumption is booming in the United States. Last count, we ate more than 21 lb. per person a year; however, compared to the rest of the world's population.....Continue

4. Is It Really Shot From Guns?
I am still of the generation that ate cold cereal in the morning in front of the "tube" and was amused by commercials that convinced me that the puffed rice in my bowl was "shot from guns".....Continue

5. Oh, Pho!
Rice noodles in all their forms have been cooked during the manufacturing process, so they need to be only briefly heated before serving.....Continue

6. Which Rice to Choose.....
There have been very few times in the last 30 years that my choice of rice hasn't been a long grain converted style.....Continue