Rice Is Life: Recipes and Stories Celebrating the World's Most Essential Grain

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An alternative grain, white corngrain, is said to be the healthier choice because it’s high-fiber and low-sugar. Although cheaper at P29.32/kg, white corngrain does not seem to be enjoying the same level of popularity. Left unrefrigerated for a long time– It’s good to reduce the time of keeping cooked rice at room temperature. Since this gives an ideal condition for bacteria to develop.Uncooked rice may carry spores of a bacterium called Bacillus cereus. RICE IS LIFE is a love letter to the humble grain featuring 65 recipes for rice and all its glorious possibilities.

Cooked rice can be perfectly edible for four to six days or more if you have a modern fridge with higher technologies and efficiency. This book was more than 25 years in the making, a love story of sorts about the incredible diversity of a common grain that sustains half the world's people,"said Caryl Levine and Ken Lee, Lotus Foods Co-Founders/Co-CEOs. "We often hear that people are intimidated to cook rice. One of our objectives for Rice Is Life is to help people become comfortable with cooking rice and rice noodles and to provide them with easy, inspiring recipes." Unless one of his grandchildren chooses to take over his rice fields, Serrano may be the last generation in his family to farm. His four children have all left Bulacan to work in factories closer to the city.

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Farmers need to buy seeds every year and learn the technology from experts. That is a big burden for farmers, especially those in poor regions.

IRRI (2006). Rice varieties. IRRI knowledge bank. Los Banos: International Rice Research Institute.

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The move to increase imports could also bolster Duterte’s PDP-Laban political party heading into midterm election in May. Rice prices disproportionately affect the poorest Filipinos, a crucial voting bloc. Nearly half their food expenditures go toward the staple, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. Also, you can easily prepare varieties of dishes with leftover cooked rice without compromising in its quality.