Caryl Levine

nonfiction/cooking - rice-based and rice-noodle based recipes, with background on diff. types of rice (and how to cook the) and sustainable farming methods (which also turn out to be more efficient), from rice-noodle product company Lotus Foods.

better in theory than actually, but there is a nice assortment of rice-based desserts in here (including horchata and various rice puddings) that was a pleasant surprise. The rest of the recipes can be summed up as various fried rices and rice dishes (jambalaya, mujadara, etc.), a few rice-based pan-fried patties (with cheese and/or onions) and various noodle dishes that are served with rice-based noodles or ramen (either regular or the GF rice kind that Lotus brand sells). Lots of milk (dairy, coconut), lots of eggs, lots of flavorful tidbits stirred in. Pictures are lovely but recipes ultimately uninspiring.… (more)