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rice

[rahys] / raɪs /
NOUN
cereal
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The small restaurant serves Somali food, and I get the same thing every time I visit: goat mendi, with fall-apart bone-in goat served over deeply seasoned rice studded with crispy bits of potato and raisins.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

A poached whitefish dish was another standout, paired with rice prepared in several different ways to add contrasting textures.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

Thai food greeted Navarrete at the office — red curry, fried rice, drunken noodles.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

"We have jerk pork, we have rice and peas, we have jerk chicken, curry goat, stewed chicken, fried dumpling and plantain," she said.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

He dashed along the path through the huts and rice paddies, over the small bridges, his breath coming in gasps.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

It’s one of the best fried rices in the South End: aromatic with smoky wok hei, seasoned with a clarion-sweet soy sauce and amped up with MSG.

From Seattle Times Nov. 29, 2023

I go to a little place to buy dumplings and I get various rices, like black rice or green rice or jasmine rice or sticky rice.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2020

And so cauliflower rices and zucchini noodles, vegan whipped creams born of coconut milk, the aqua fava meringues.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2018

You can put them into bins by groups, you can have all your rices together, instead.”

From Slate Mar. 27, 2018

The mountain rices of India are grown without irrigation, at elevations of 3,000 to 6,000 feet on the Himalaya, where the dampness of the summer months compensates for the want of artificial moisture.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

If you’re looking to incorporate more vegetables in your diet, then riced cauliflower might be the solution you’ve been looking for.

From Washington Post Jan. 13, 2023

In a large bowl, toss together the riced cauliflower, parsley, bell pepper, kohlrabi, onion, oil, lemon zest and juice, salt and pepper.

From Washington Post Jun. 16, 2022

Serve with rice, riced cauliflower, or traditional injera, fermented Ethiopian flatbread.

From Salon Mar. 5, 2022

They had tea, herbal soup, fried eggs, steam riced and Chinese sausages and vegetables ready and waiting when I arrived.

From New York Times Feb. 11, 2019

Serve with a garnish of rice or riced potatoes.

From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Maria Parloa

This takes the work out of ricing a head of cauliflower, for instance, and makes mincing garlic and ginger less of a chore.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2023

But the beds are “continually shrinking,” said White, who’s been ricing for three decades.

From Seattle Times Sep. 20, 2022

A 44-year-old single dad, he takes his two boys and a nephew ricing to help cover the bills and for the kids to buy video games.

From Seattle Times Sep. 20, 2022

“Ricing to me is real spiritual. There’s a lot who have gone home already, and when I’m ricing, the harder I work … the closer I am to them.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 20, 2022

They were planning this year’s sugaring, a time everyone looked forward to with joy and excitement, as much as ricing, maybe even more.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich




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