Pasta & Rice

Rule #1: Do not cook brown rice the same as white rice.  If you do, you'll get one of the most unpleasant textures imaginable.   Instead, treat brown rice like pasta--boil the grains in…

If you follow the directions on a bag of Nishiki short-grain rice, you'll get an odd mix of gummy and hard rice.  That's why many rice-loving families have rice cookers, either simple…