Although it can be pretty basic, a pot of soft, perfectly-cooked rice is often the best side dish to serve alongside almost anything. It is plain enough to sop up all the flavor from a spicy curry or ...

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.

Rice is a real pantry hero: an integral part of any weekly meal rotation, and one of the most versatile food staples I can think of. But often mine turns out a little gloopy, or stuck to the bottom of ...

You probably think cooking rice is straightforward: measure, rinse, boil, done. But traditional cultures around the world have been using a simple soaking technique for thousands of years that ...

Rice cookers are a kitchen staple, but do you really need an expensive or fancy model to make perfect rice? In this video, I test different types of rice cookers from budget-friendly basic models to ...

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 ...