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.

It makes the best brown rice you’ve ever tasted—and it’s so easy. • Alton Brown recommends baking brown rice in a preheated 375 °F oven. • This method helps achieve uniform, fluffy results without the ...

Boiling rice like pasta—then draining it—is a long-used cooking technique, especially for dishes that require precise control over texture. To understand what this method actually changes, I cooked ...

Is there a secret to cooking rice perfectly? We understand how frustrating it is to cook a meal only to find that the rice is mushy, clumpy, or tasteless. Our editors set out to find the best way to ...

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 ...

Don't have a rice cooker and don't want to deal with making it on the stovetop? Here's how to prepare it in a slow cooker so ...

After nearly four decades of cooking rice, I made a surprising discovery last week completely by accident. I was preparing a special lunch at Pondicheri's Bake Lab during a busy service and had to ...

A little extra moisture and time can make all the difference.

I love rice and have been cooking it regularly for all of my adult life. It's a perfect staple to serve alongside salmon or steak, stir-fry with veggies and tofu, or mix into soups and stews. Many ...

• Alton Brown recommends baking brown rice in a preheated 375 °F oven. • This method helps achieve uniform, fluffy results without the unpredictability of stovetop cooking. As far as I’m concerned, it ...

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 ...