Even before this, the Gold Rush of 1849 brought many Chinese to California, and they brought rice with them. Today six states produce most of the rice in the U.S.

Our cookbook of the week is The Chinese Way by author and surgery resident Betty Liu. Jump to the recipes: pan-seared duck breasts with scallion-crisped rice , miso-sesame chicken with pearl barley , ...

In a medium bowl, mix rice, Parmesan cheese, and 2 eggs with your hands. Roll rice mixture into balls and stuff 1-2 mozzarella pearls into the center of each ball.

It was 2007 when Adrienne, a bohemian-looking Chinese-American, met Abe Conlon — a part-Portuguese chef from Lowell, Massachusetts, who grew up fascinated by the recipes of his home city's large ...

Lei Ting Blue Pearl to host traditional Chinese New Year dinner and event, ... 1 ½ c cooked white (or brown) rice (hot or warm) 1/3 c bok chop, chopped ; 1/3 c bell pepper, chopped ; ...

"To be perfectly frank," Ling-ya Lee, who came to Los Angeles from Taiwan in 1989, says of her Chinese New Year preparations, ... Chinese sticky rice (loh mai fan) Time 1 hour.