Did you know that rice has fed more people over a longer period of time than any other crop?  Maybe that's why a rice dish doesn't sound so interesting when you're  trying to create your dinner menu. Apparently, as far back as 2500 B.C., rice has been documented in the history books as a dietary backbone for over half the world's population.  Rice has been heralded as a staple food to so many various cultures because it's able to be grown in such a wide spectrum of climates from the desert conditions of Saudi Arabia to the wetland deltas of … [Read more...]