"Yes, these would be good in soup.

Jasmine rice gave me the thing that was closest to that for a really reasonable price.So that's at home and at the restaurant, that was our go-to rice..

It was a great revelation, realizing that with every kind of grain, there was so much personality..When did you start becoming more of a rice nerd?.A lot of that was Anson Mills.

I had read about Carolina Gold rice before the restaurant opened and Anson Mills' name came up.I emailed, as it turns out, Catherine Schopfer [partner and chef liaison for the company] and started a beautiful friendship.

I asked her about the rice and she said that was the test crop.

They didn't really have rice to sell.Coffee-Roasted Duck with Pear and Fingerling Potato Ragu.

1. small yellow onion, finely chopped (about 3/4 cup).1. medium tomato, coarsely chopped (about 1 cup).

store-bought ginger-garlic paste (available in Indian markets).Kashmiri chile powder or other red chile powder.