Food & Wine / Photo Illustration by Doan Nguyen / Photo by Robby Lozano / Food Styling by Renu Dhar With that in mind we tasked our test kitchen with identifying the best way to cook basmati rice.

We tested six methods for cooking rice and this one was the surprising winner. All six methods started with the same prep — rinsing and soaking the rice for 30 minutes — to remove surface starch and ...

Rice is a great source of carbohydrates and a hugely versatile staple. You can eat it with curries, chilis and when stir frying. Load it into burritos, make fried rice dishes, add it to soups and ...

In many aspects of life, as well as in cooking, it often happens that what we nonchalantly take to be a simple and everyday job turns out in reality to be not so simple at all, that is if you want to ...

All six methods started with the same prep — rinsing and soaking the rice for 30 minutes — to remove surface starch and ensure tender, separate grains. Baking basmati rice in a 375°F oven earned the ...