Reinventing Rice

Rice is a staple product widely consumed by a great percentage of the world’s population, and the cultivation of it is an income source for millions of people worldwide. Over the years, each culture that cultivated rice developed different varieties of the grain and different ways to incorporate it into the local cuisines and customs. India is known for Basmati rice, the Japanese use a particular short-grain white rice sometimes called japonica rice or sushi rice to make sushi and ferment…