To hear the cook, writer and teacher Sonoko Sakai tell it, “1955 is the year my mother was liberated.” Several things happened that year: Sakai was born, but more liberating still for her mother?

Premieres Mondays, July 14 - Aug. 18, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. The competition returns to Nashville with eight ...

White rice is now the prevailing norm and is still prized in cultures across most of the region.    But the tables have turned for the staple grain in 21st-century Korea, where rice with spots of ...

Rice can be a tricky dish to perfect, but here’s how to make perfect fluffy rice every time using one genius tip: the fingertip method.

Recipes require their own degree of interpretive skill, but mastering this dish helped me bridge a gap to my family.

Cooking rice noodles yourself at home can be tricky if you’re not familiar with their quirks. Here are my top tips for cooking the best rice noodles.

Rinsing it before cooking was one of my favorite chores. I remember standing on a stool at the sink, small hands in the rice cooker’s removable pot, churning rice and water together in delight.

Whether your machine is $200 with 30 settings, or $20 with one switch, rice cookers all have the same bones. Here’s how to use a rice cooker for rice, and the many other non-rice foods you can ...

Ever wondered how to make the perfect pot of rice without a rice cooker? We got you.