1.   After clearance, rice is cultivated, followed by soya beans and maize and eventually semi-permanent pastures are established.

2.   Deep-fried glutinous rice cakes Glutinous rice is sweet and its sticky texture makes it easy to mould.

3.   Easy-cook rice is par-boiled to remove the surface starch that causes the problems when cooking other long grain rices.

4.   Just as white bread was once eaten in preference to brown, so white rice was always the standard choice.

5.   Long grain rice is the name generally applied to rice of varying quality and sold as an all-purpose grain.

6.   Prices had gone up, rice was expensive and Fong had changed his diet.

7.   Season lightly with salt and pepper, bring to the boil, cover and simmer gently until the rice is tender.

8.   That rice was too hot when I had it.

9.   The rice is really hot, like spicy hot.

10.   Already, crop scientists have figured out a way to add vitamin A and beta carotene to rice, offering more nutrition to nations where rice is a staple.