Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

What's the best rice cooker for 2025? At first blush, rice might not be all that exciting, but it's one of the best, most nutritious foods in the world. There's a reason so many people enjoy it. No ...

One simple step boosts the grain’s flavor. Simply Recipes / Adobe Stock I could not make a batch of plain white rice if my life depended on it. For that, I turn to a rice maker, takeout, or the ...

Like many rice makers, my Japanese model has a button labeled “Quick.” How quick I couldn’t say: I’ve never tried it. My instinct is that rice shouldn’t be rushed. I always use the slowest setting, ...

Avoid these common rice cooker mistakes that lead to mushy, dry or undercooked rice, and learn simple fixes for perfectly ...

Cooking rice is not rocket science and requires little effort. But cooking it perfectly requires some basic rules and common sense. Rice is deeply ingrained in my psyche, and I cannot imagine a life ...

Rice or chawal is one of the most ubiquitous and popular food grains of the country. Whether you consume it with dal, or make some wonderful kheer out of it, or simply have it in the form of one-pot ...

A recent graduate of the University of Minnesota, Nina started at CNET writing breaking news stories before shifting to covering Security Security and other government benefit programs. In her spare ...

If the package for enriched medium- and long-grain rice says not to wash the rice, then don't. The cooking times are calibrated for unrinsed, dry grains, and rinsing can alter the texture, not to ...