91.   When the paella is removed from the oven, the rice should be slightly underdone.

92.   While the rice is cooking, scale and clean the fish, removing the head, tail and fins.

93.   When the rice is hot, add the boiling water and salt.

94.   When the rice is very soft and tender but not a mush, add the sugar and stir gently to dissolve.

95.   White rice is fine, Polk says, but brown rice is better, bringing added nutrition.

96.   While the rice is hot, add the peas, watercress, mushrooms, green onions and carrot and toss for a couple of minutes.

97.   White rice is still complimentary when you order a dish, but Chin says patrons who eat rice at all want mostly fried rice.

98.   While rice is the second plant to have its DNA sequence unraveled, following the Arabidopsis weed, it is the first crop.

99.   Yellow rice is of Spanish import, and originally it was flavored with saffron.

100.   Yet, by and large, rice has been a minor player on the culinary scene.