wild rice
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The company normalized now-common food items such as wild rice and almond butter.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
Though sometimes called "Canada rice," wild rice is technically a grain from a type of grass, not actual rice.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025
And in most cases you probably already have some of the ingredients needed to cook this way already on hand, such as corn, beans, squash, wild rice and much more.
From Salon • May 19, 2024
The mine has already encountered opposition from environmental groups and tribes worried about impacts on water and other resources such as wild rice.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023
There were several makuks of wild rice from the fall’s gathering, though the harvest had been so poor.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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