Simple and practically foolproof, pilaf is a popular side dish because it has a lot more flavor than steamed or boiled rice. You can produce excellent pilaf with common long-grain white rice, and ...

Rice is rice, right? Wrong. After many more rice fails than I’d like to admit, I have a little cast-iron Dutch oven that is basically my dedicated rice pot, because it holds the steam in so well that ...

A simple pairing of baked trout and rice pilaf creates a dinner that feels far more elegant than the effort required bringing ...

For years, my attempts at preparing rice were disastrous. The results often resembled gloppy gruel. The pilaf method I learned at culinary school was my saving grace. The basic technique for making ...

"Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi is all about bringing the most flavor out of a dish by cooking with spices; she's even written a book n the subject, "The Encyclopedia of Spices and Herbs." Here, she ...

Despite my very best intentions, I’ve always found cauliflower rice to be a bit of a disappointment. There’s nothing exciting about eating a bowl of mush, especially when there is actual rice to be ...

Basil fried rice gets a fresh twist with the addition of sweet, juicy tomatoes. This vegetarian version is bright, fragrant, and full of flavor, thanks to the mix of basil, tomatoes, and perfectly ...

There is something about pilau made using whole spices. I prefer to make pilau with whole spices rather because ground spices can be overwhelming in flavour and change the colour of the dish. Marinate ...

Recipes shared in home kitchens and passed between generations inform the way we eat just as much as the recipes we follow online. To celebrate this, we're interviewing the chefs, home cooks and food ...

This dry-style curry pilaf is an original Japanese recipe called “Dry Curry;” a popular menu item at restaurants and cafes in Japan. There are two types dry curry dishes, keema curry style and curried ...