Japanese Rice with Edamame and Sea Greens MAKES: 4 servings TIME: 30 minutes If you haven't yet discovered the wonders of sea greens (you might call them seaweed), this is your opportunity. And please try dashi here: It adds a complex flavor that simply can't be...

Rice Balls Onigiri MAKES: 4 to 8 servings TIME: 30 minutes Rice balls are a part of daily life in Japan, a fast snack, something to be grabbed on the run or part of a boxed lunch and clearly somewhat healthier than potato chips. There's almost nothing to them: cooked...

Yellow Rice, the Best Way MAKES: 4 servings TIME: 30 minutes There is the right way to make this and a number of easy ways; even the easy ways are good, but this right here with saffron and other spices and a couple of vegetables is really the ultimate. Vegan with oil...

White Rice and Black Beans MAKES: 4 to 6 servings TIME: About 2 hours, largely unattended Seriously delicious and really easy. This technique semipureing the half-cooked beans and adding the rice makes a great case for cooking all rice and bean dishes this way,...

White Rice MAKES: 4 servings TIME: 20 to 30 minutes There are several ways to cook rice, and all of them get the job done. Unfortunately, the most commonly taught method in which rice is brought to a boil with one-and-a-half times its volume of water, covered, and...

Steamed Sticky Rice MAKES: 4 servings TIME: About 2 hours, largely unattended Among the most incredible one-ingredient preparations in the world, sticky rice is popular throughout East and Southeast Asia. In Thailand, among other places, it's eaten at just about every...

Rice with Peas MAKES: 4 servings TIME: 20 minutes This can be made with leftover rice, but then you're essentially making fried rice, as in The Basics of Fried Rice. Prepared this way, it's a little more sophisticated. If you're using frozen peas, defrost them first,...