Rice and Spice (Paperback)

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More than half of the world's cuisines are shaped around rice. According to recent statistics, Americans are rapidly catching on. As their tastes become more globally inspired and as they follow the food pyramid's advice to eat a diet rich in grains, they are cooking with rice more often than they ever have before.

Robin Robertson's Rice & Spice is a creative celebration of the sumptuous and healthful meals that can be made with the world's most popular grain. Its one hundred recipes, all meatless and every one delectable, make for quick and easy ways to put a flavorful and nutritious dinner on the table. From pilafs and paellas to jambalayas, stir-fries, and risottos, from Indonesian Fried Rice to Jamaican Rice and Peas, the unassuming grain has never seemed so alive with possibility. Robertson offers up a chapter each on rice soups and rice salads-and another one on rice desserts, like Ginger-Peach Rice Pudding-and she reveals an expert's secrets on how to cook to perfection every rice variety, from white and brown to jasmine and basmati.

About the Author

Robin Robertson is one of the U.S.'s leading writers on vegetarian cooking. A cooking-school teacher and a former chef and caterer, she has written six other cookbooks, including the Soy Gourmet and The Vegetarian Chili Cookbook. A regular food columnist for The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) and the Albany, NY Times Union, she lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Harvard Common Press; illustrated edition edition (April 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558321608
• ISBN-13: 978-1558321601
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #515,137 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Diverse, wonderful one-dish meals., August 23, 2000

By	Patricia S. Mccarthy "Kevin McCarthy" (Concord, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Rice and Spice (Hardcover)

This book if full of excellent vegetarian (suprisingly!) one-dish meals. The author's tastes run along my own lines. In this book you'll find recipes that come from Japanese, Indonesian, Indian and Thai roots as well as American eclectic innovations. The author has included main dish, soup and dessert recipes.

I'm not a vegetarian, but have been pleasantly surprised at how satisfying the dishes are. I never thought that vegetarian dishes could be so good. Rice is, of course, the common thread that ties all of the collected recipes together and the author has devoted the first chapter of the book to educating the reader about the different types of rice and how to prepare rice in a foolproof manner.

What I loved about the book is the way I changed my eating habits by getting hooked on the simplicity of the one-dish meals contained within, the flavors of the dishes (incredible) and the way I felt after eating (full, but not stuffed = more energetic).

This is my current favorite cookbook.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Robin's Book are Solid, June 23, 2006

By	Cherie J. Anderson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Rice and Spice (Hardcover)

I think I have every one of Robin's books, except the Apocalypse Chow one. I find her books to be reliable, but this one might possibly be a fave, if I had to pick one. The lemon-mint pesto rice with beans was one of the best meals I've had and the leftovers were great cold. Make some extra rice tonight and have dinner started for tomorow! Also includes recipes for lesser known rices.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a terrific book, August 1, 2008

By	Tammie Dickerson (Utah) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you like rice then you will love this book. The dishes are
savory, sweet to spicy with an abundance of flavors from the
Mediterranean, Middle East, India, Caribbean, stir fries from
East Asia, risottos from Italy & more. Every thing is simple to
make and the seasonings are easy to find at any grocery store.
This has become one of my favorite cookbooks.