Rice

Cuba’s marinated mojo ribs with black beans and rice is a family recipe adapted from a friend recipe, with mild spices and rich flavor.

La Bomba rice is essentially risotto, greened up with broccoli rabe, sharp cheese, toasted pepitas hot sauce for spice for a complete one-pot vegetarian meal.

Spring Shrimp Risotto a traditional cooked rice dish lightened up, and full of spring flavors like sweet peas, salty prosciutto and arugula.

Portuguese twist on a Hawaiian Classic dish made with linguisa sausage instead of spam but with the same delicious flavors

Sri Lankan rice and beef curry is the best beef curry you’ll ever eat- full of the most fragrant mix of spices – it’s a flavor explosion in your mouth that you won’t forget.

Tomato Biryani is a one-pot vegetarian rice dish with Indian herbs and spices.

Chaval Kheer, also known as Payasam (in the south) or Payesh (in the east) is richly spiced rice pudding eaten throughout India.

Bangladeshi Basmati Rice is a hearty and fragrant side dish, rich with the spices of Bangladesh that will compliment any main dish.

This Bhutanese inspired red rice, millet and oat breakfast bake is a hearty, easy, good for you breakfast with all the flavors.

When I think of choosing a starch to accompany dinner, I always think of Tom Hanks’ character explaining away his son Jonah’s snarky potato comment in Sleepless in Seattle.  Because in my family, we also chose rice. We were rice men (and women). So this…