is a short-grain variety often fed to the young, elderly, and sick, as it takes well to porridge preparations and is easily digestible with a relatively low glycemic index.. Sticky rice.

I tracked down Olivia Taylor of Virginia Truffles who works as the farm and business manager of the company her parents started as a nursery to sell trees to produce truffles.“In Virginia, the area is pretty similar to the Perigord region of France, but we get a little bit colder.

Our soil is a little different, too,” she tells me.. Over the years, Taylor decided the nursery wasn’t a big moneymaker as it was losing more than it was making, she shifted the business to truffle sales and agrotourism.“I have three dogs trained to hunt truffles.And two that are decorative.” Her primary truffle dog, Nadine, gets loose while we’re chatting on the phone and escapes through a gate, causing momentary panic.. Once all five dogs have been wrangled, Taylor gives me a scientific history lesson in inoculating trees to create truffles.

Her parents started inoculating in 2007 but the company only found their first truffle in 2018.It takes a lot of patience.

“The fungus that produces the truffle lives in the roots of the tree.

When the trees are really young, you introduce the fungus to their roots, and you hope they develop a symbiotic relationship," she explains.. Olivia Taylor.Sweet Saffron Zarda Pulao.

white basmati rice.saffron threads.

4. green cardamom.crushed pistachios.