On Rice: 60 Fast and Easy Toppings That Make the Meal (Paperback)

by Rick Rodgers (Author), Frankie Frankeny (Photographer) "rice is the staple food for more than one and a half billion people..." (more)
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Instead of pasta, try rice as the base for meals. Every day more than one and a half billion people around the world rely on rice as their mainstay. This gives Rick Rodgers lots of ethnic inspiration for toppings to serve over steamed or boiled rice. Rodgers packs flavor into recipes using a modest number of ingredients. Lots of these dishes cook in less than 30 minutes, so they can even qualify for week-night dinners. On Rice includes a comprehensive, illustrated guide to types of rice and careful instructions for cooking them. And be sure to check out the dessert recipes-- they're scrumptious ways to use leftover rice.

Product Description
On Rice includes 70 simple, reliable recipes for an international array of delicious sauces, stews, and stir-frys to serves over rice, most of which can be prepared in less than 30 minutes. Also included is information on methods for preparing perfect rice, a guide to exciting varieties, and tips for using leftovers. 30+ photos.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books; 6th edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811813525
• ISBN-13: 978-0811813525
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #269,243 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get this book and a rice cooker, and you're set, July 8, 1998

By A Customer

"On Rice" contains an eclectic collection of recipes with all types of flavors from a variety of cultures. You won't be limited to Asian dishes, although there are a few well-chosen ones here--there are Spanish, Portuguese, French, Moroccan, and Caribbean-inspired flavors in here. The photographs are truly appealing, and the fact that most of the recipes can be prepared in under 30 minutes makes this an everyday cookbook for me. Even my husband (who, unlike me, is not one to browse through cookbooks for the fun of it) was moved to consult this cookbook on his own initiative due to the fact that the ingredient lists are not dauntingly long, in addition to the aforementioned pictures, ease of preparation, and variety of flavors.

Try some of the longer recipes on the weekends, but with this book you can put together a simple but exciting meal after a hard day's work during the week, too. And if you get a rice cooker, it becomes even easier to make these dishes because you can focus on the toppings. I've had this book for only five months and already it's spattered across several pages from kitchen use.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A cookbook for the way we eat!, December 13, 1999

By	"jhtatroe" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

On Rice is one of the few cookbooks I've found that actually have recipes for the way my husband and I eat. There are very few "big hunk of meat" recipes in this book. The meals are light, filling, and easy to make. They range from slight twists on the familiar to the surprisingly simple exotic.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every one a winner -- and most in 30 minutes!, December 8, 2002

By A Customer

I have another book by Rick Rodgers, and I really liked it, so when I saw this one I thought I'd check it out. Five recipes into it I wanted to head to the kitchen and cook. Before this book, I didn't cook meals with rice very often. I do now. The recipes are not complicated, and I always have the ingredients in my kitchen. The recipes that say "Can be cooked in under 30 minutes" really CAN be cooked in under 30 minutes. I haven't encountered a dud recipe yet. All are delicious. Among my favorites are Shrimp and Green Beans with Peanut Sauce, Chicken and Asparagus with Mustard-Tarragon Sauce and Sirloin and Black Bean Chili (in under 30 minutes no less!). This book is a boon to all those of us who work a long stressful day, and then have to come home and cook.