On Rice: 60 Fast and Easy Toppings That Make the Meal

by Rick Rodgers and Frankie Frankeny

Book Overview

Flavorful, nutritious, and easy to prepare, rice offers busy, health-conscious cooks a versatile base for dozens of terrific toppings. "On Rice" includes over 70 simple, reliable recipes for an international array of delicious sauces, stews, and stir-fries to serve over rice, most of which can be prepared in less than 30 minutes With information on different methods for preparing perfect rice, a guide to the many exciting varieties of rice now available,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811813525
• ISBN13: 9780811813525
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Every one a winner -- and most in 30 minutes!

I have another book by Rick Rodgers, and I really liked it, so when I saw this one I thought I'd check it out. Five recipes into it I wanted to head to the kitchen and cook. Before this book, I didn't cook meals with rice very often. I do now. The recipes are not complicated, and I always have the ingredients in my kitchen. The recipes that say "Can be cooked in under 30 minutes" really CAN be cooked in under 30 minutes. I haven't encountered a dud recipe yet. All are delicious. Among my favorites are Shrimp and Green Beans with Peanut Sauce, Chicken and Asparagus with Mustard-Tarragon Sauce and Sirloin and Black Bean Chili (in under 30 minutes no less!). This book is a boon to all those of us who work a long stressful day, and then have to come home and cook.

great for vegetarians

I have turned to this book again and again for geat, easy meals. Much of the book is non-vegetarian, but the recipes within the 'from the garden' section are great. I especially like the greek tomato sauce with artichokes and feta, and tonight I am going to try to moroccan tagine. The best thing about the recipes is the interesting spicing. Even recipes that sound traditional and boring get a twist from a few different spices.

A cookbook for the way we eat!

On Rice is one of the few cookbooks I've found that actually have recipes for the way my husband and I eat. There are very few "big hunk of meat" recipes in this book. The meals are light, filling, and easy to make. They range from slight twists on the familiar to the surprisingly simple exotic.

Rice Is Nice!

I rarely find a cookbook where ever dish I make is wonderful. "On Rice" hasn't disappointed me yet and I doubt it will. Under 30 Minute recipes are just that and taste like you spent much longer. Ingredients are things you'll probably already have on hand, and the few you don't will enhance your culinary closet!It also explains the difference between various rices, gives suggestions for which rice works best for which dish and all directions are clear!There is a mixed vegetable Venetion (spelling?) stew that is not only delicious, but it reheats fabulously for lunch the next day.A must for anyone's collection.

Get this book and a rice cooker, and you're set

"On Rice" contains an eclectic collection of recipes with all types of flavors from a variety of cultures. You won't be limited to Asian dishes, although there are a few well-chosen ones here--there are Spanish, Portuguese, French, Moroccan, and Caribbean-inspired flavors in here. The photographs are truly appealing, and the fact that most of the recipes can be prepared in under 30 minutes makes this an everyday cookbook for me. Even my husband (who, unlike me, is not one to browse through cookbooks for the fun of it) was moved to consult this cookbook on his own initiative due to the fact that the ingredient lists are not dauntingly long, in addition to the aforementioned pictures, ease of preparation, and variety of flavors.Try some of the longer recipes on the weekends, but with this book you can put together a simple but exciting meal after a hard day's work during the week, too. And if you get a rice cooker, it becomes even easier to make these dishes because you can focus on the toppings. I've had this book for only five months and already it's spattered across several pages from kitchen use.