rice is welcome at breakfast, lunch, and dinner; it works as a main dish, side dish, or snack. There’s a good reason for that: it’s filling, it’s delicious when properly prepared, and its texture and mouthfeel vary depending on the recipe; in some dishes it is crunchingly crispy, in others, soothingly smooth—and there’s a whole range of satisfying possibilities in between. Rice has textures, scents, tastes, and depths of flavor that make it indispensable to the cuisines