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Summary: Get this book and a rice cooker, and you're set
Review: "On Rice" contains an eclectic collection of recipes with all types of flavors from a variety of cultures. You won't be limited to Asian dishes, although there are a few well-chosen ones here--there are Spanish, Portuguese, French, Moroccan, and Caribbean-inspired flavors in here. The photographs are truly appealing, and the fact that most of the recipes can be prepared in under 30 minutes makes this an everyday cookbook for me. Even my husband (who, unlike me, is not one to browse through cookbooks for the fun of it) was moved to consult this cookbook on his own initiative due to the fact that the ingredient lists are not dauntingly long, in addition to the aforementioned pictures, ease of preparation, and variety of flavors.Try some of the longer recipes on the weekends, but with this book you can put together a simple but exciting meal after a hard day's work during the week, too. And if you get a rice cooker, it becomes even easier to make these dishes because you can focus on the toppings. I've had this book for only five months and already it's spattered across several pages from kitchen use.
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Summary: Every one a winner -- and most in 30 minutes!
Review: An outstanding collection of simple meals with clearly described instructions. The Chicken and Asparagus with Mustard-Tarragon Sauce is one of my favorites. Rick Rodgers really delivers with this book full of 30 minute marvels.
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Summary: PRETTY GOOD BUT NOT GREAT...
Review: I bought this book hoping to find recipes with a lot of flavor and minimal effort when it comes to preparation. The recipes definitely take minimal effort to prepare, which is a blessing, but the flavor part is where the book goes weak. This is all about 'good enough' eating. Nothing too adventurous, nothing too fancy. Recipes range in cooking styles from American to Italian to Asian to Moroccan, but none of them stand out as exceptional. The spicy Szechuan eggplant is quite good, the curried cauliflower just okay because it asks you to use preprepared curry powder instead of the author's own spice blend, the chicken ragu the kind of fare you'd expect to find at a homey, local restaurant--yummy, nothing exceptional. It's an inexpensive book and I don't regret buying it, but it's not peppered with culinary jewels. There are a lot of good ideas, though, so if you want another book in your collection, get it. If you want more exotic fare, try Seductions of Rice. That's a very good book.
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Summary: Every one a winner -- and most in 30 minutes!
Review: I have another book by Rick Rodgers, and I really liked it, so when I saw this one I thought I'd check it out. Five recipes into it I wanted to head to the kitchen and cook. Before this book, I didn't cook meals with rice very often. I do now. The recipes are not complicated, and I always have the ingredients in my kitchen. The recipes that say "Can be cooked in under 30 minutes" really CAN be cooked in under 30 minutes. I haven't encountered a dud recipe yet. All are delicious. Among my favorites are Shrimp and Green Beans with Peanut Sauce, Chicken and Asparagus with Mustard-Tarragon Sauce and Sirloin and Black Bean Chili (in under 30 minutes no less!). This book is a boon to all those of us who work a long stressful day, and then have to come home and cook.
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Summary: A cookbook for the way we eat!
Review: On Rice is one of the few cookbooks I've found that actually have recipes for the way my husband and I eat. There are very few "big hunk of meat" recipes in this book. The meals are light, filling, and easy to make. They range from slight twists on the familiar to the surprisingly simple exotic.
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Summary: A cookbook for the way we eat!
Review: On Rice is one of the few cookbooks I've found that actually have recipes for the way my husband and I eat. There are very few "big hunk of meat" recipes in this book. The meals are light, filling, and easy to make. They range from slight twists on the familiar to the surprisingly simple exotic.
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Summary: It's ok, but nothing special
Review: There's a few good recipes, and many passable ones. The introduction and background info is very good, but there just isn't that much of it. The book sticks pretty much to toppings on plain rice, so it's nothing that you probably couldn't have gotten from a more expansive book.
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Summary: It's ok, but nothing special
Review: There's a few good recipes, and many passable ones. The introduction and background info is very good, but there just isn't that much of it. The book sticks pretty much to toppings on plain rice, so it's nothing that you probably couldn't have gotten from a more expansive book.
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Summary: OK
Review: This cook book has great photos for every recipe and a good variety of foods. However, the emphasis is NOT on rice, but on different main entrees. Each recipe has suggestions for the rice to serve with the entree, but does not give detailed cooking directions for the rice. A disappointment.
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