Vivian Peterson has only been making red rice for about 13 years, but the recipe is much older. “(It was) passed down from my grandmother and mother, who are from the Sea Islands,” Peterson says. “I ...

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STEPHEN: My love of red rice started at Stiles Point Elementary School on James Island, South Carolina. The cafeteria served it just about every day, and that was fine with me. I’ve had a lot since ...

For health, religious and philosophical reasons, many cooks have taken to leaving the pork out of Southern dishes which traditionally called for pig. But Lee Anne Leland was determined to re-create a ...

Growing up in Los Angeles, so much of what I ate for dinner was a hodgepodge of different cultures. On Tuesday nights, gringo-styled tacos with cumin-scented ground beef and chunky stripes of sharp ...

“Red rice goes back to the old, old days – the days before me, my momma and her,” writes Emily Meggett in her new book “Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes From the Matriarch of Edisto Island.” ...

The just-republished "Buster Holmes Restaurant Cookbook: New Orleans Handmade Cookin'" ($16.95, Pelican Publishing) has two recipes for red beans and rice, for which Buster Holmes was famous. The ...

Back in my country, Mexican rice is the kind of recipe that you can call comfort food. This is what I want to cook and eat whenever I'm feeling homesick. As a kid, I used to avoid eating the peas in ...

Red foods are traditional for Juneteenth, and we have loads of brightly hued inspiration for you. By Melissa Clark Today — Juneteenth — marks the recognition of freedom for Africans enslaved in ...