Last Tuesday, my neighbor asked me why her Mexican rice always turns out mushy while mine comes out fluffy and perfect. After years of disasters in my own kitchen (including one memorable batch that ...

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi is mostly known outside of China for its super cheap (but highly polished) smartphones like the new Mi 5, but within Asia its home appliances are quickly becoming as common ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jasmine rice chopsticks ceramic bowl - ZCOOL HelloRF/Shutterstock If you have a good rice cooker, rice is one of the simplest ...

Rice can be such a joy. And also a potential disappointment. The moment of lifting the lid on a pot of freshly steamed rice welcomes so much possibility, but if your rice isn’t cooked as desired, the ...

Cooked rice is one of the most versatile leftovers, but it often ends up dry by the time it hits our plates a second time. Turning it into fried rice or rice pudding is a good way to avoid this ...

While Neil and I can trace our roots back to Spain, the different journeys that our ancestors took after the Expulsion in 1492 meant that we inherited different culinary traditions. My mother’s ...

I don’t order take-out sushi for the fish. Unless I'm spending a lot of money to eat at a phenomenal sushi restaurant, I eat it for the rice, which is perfectly seasoned with a mixture of salt, sugar, ...

I like mind readers. I frequently expect my husband and children to know exactly what I'm thinking and do what I want. (They rarely do.) And my appliances? Well, more than once, I've been known to ...