| 单词 | rice |
| 例句 | I had just set out a tray of fruits and rice cakes to go along with the liquor on the low table in the living room and went down to help him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z With a very calm and collected look, she explains that we are making a simple chicken curry that could be eaten with rice or naan, or even by itself. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I can sense it in the frenzied way she’s scooting grains of rice around on her plate. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Now I’m going to picture big hunks of thumb in our rice.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It’s sweet and tangy and the rice is buttery. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Mom returns with huge bowls of steaming white rice and platters of lemon chicken, sweet-and-sour pork, pepper steak, General Tso’s chicken, and the house special: Mandarin Garden Chicken—fried nuggets in a sweet garlic sauce. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Shukumar put the rice on the table and the lentils from the night before into the microwave oven, punching the numbers on the timer. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He would cook a perfect jollof rice for their reconciliation meal. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Gritting my teeth with determination, I bend over to plant the rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I breathe in the smell of fragrant rice and succulent lamb. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Kazi always boiled the water first before putting the rice in, but I didn’t say anything. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Her fault or not, I don’t want her dying in some rice swamp.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She had given him her cakes in the train station, and her shoes, and he had repaid her by stealing rice! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “The entree,” he continued, “consists of boiled dog, stuffed with rice.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z After Ugwu served the food, he stood by the kitchen door, watching as Master took a first forkful of rice and stew, took another, and then called out, “Excellent, my good man.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Some days more than six hundred families stood in line for a handout of rice, oatmeal, potatoes, flour, and coffee, along with a little meat if there was any to be had. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When everything is set up, we gather around the fire and eat a dinner of rice and salted pork that Ma cooked earlier in the day. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On one side of her lay a small table with a small pot of tea, a bowl of rice porridge, and tea-stained eggs. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Her precious hoard of rice was food for flight. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z With only a little rice for everyone in the family to eat, Nguyen’s aunt gave her a blanket and told her to sell it and buy some food. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Now that the last of the rice was gone it was in a sense a relief: no amount of scheming and paring would make it go any further: the last grain had been eaten. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z As he shoveled rice into his trap, Sunny spoke up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The four of them ate rice and spinach and lentils in silence. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z I knew how few coppers they made and how often they had to go without rice but, on the other hand, I felt sorry for those who were chosen. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We joined other new officers in the mess hall, where I held a tray and Bella stacked it high with Styrofoam “clamshells” full of beef stew and rice. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back to the kitchen and started to dish out the rice. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z While the soup wasn’t as good as their mother’s, and the rice was scorched on the bottom and a little too dry, it was all incredibly delicious to the hungry children. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The memories of the hard work in the rice fields, her father’s careworn hands, the plain rice in the dinner bowls, and Ma’s sighs washed upon her like the splashes of water from the lake. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z You unwrapped the sweet, popped it in your mouth, and stared at the green rice fields that flashed past the window. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We have a stack of roti, dal, nuts, dried fruit, and a few bags of dried peas, lentils, and rice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Yolanda pointed at a tent where a sushi chef was carefully slicing sashimi into little squares and placing them on rice. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In the kitchen she discovered a bag of rice cakes and some lettuce. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z So rice farmers improved their yields by becoming smarter, by being better managers of their own time, and by making better choices. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Will he leave before the rice jar is completely empty? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z God didn’t cook the meal, God didn’t harvest the rice, God didn’t grow the broccoli. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Into each child’s hands O-lan thrust a rice bowl and a pair of chopsticks and the two little boys grasped at them eagerly and held them tight as a promise of food to come. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The next night, she’d use the leftover grease, add flour, and pour the resulting gravy over rice. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We shaded our faces green with a broken eye shadow that belonged to Dora’s mother, and my mother gave us two burlap sacks that had once contained basmati rice, for collecting candy. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Working in a rice field is ten to twenty times more labor-intensive than working on an equivalent-size corn or wheat field. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z One day, when young Siddhartha was distressing his father with his defiance and temper and had broken both rice bowls, Vasudeva took his friend aside in the evening and talked to him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z While the crewmen pass out our food ration—two balls of rice and six ounces of water—I sit and watch the sunset in the middle of the ocean. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When I am not busy with dance rehearsals, I work from morning until midafternoon in the rice field. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings Gogol and his father eat together, alone, a week’s worth of chicken curry and rice, which his father cooks in two battered Dutch ovens every Sunday. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Ma put some blush on the apple of Caroline’s cheeks and then applied some rice powder to her face. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I add the water to the pot of rice and push the heel of my hand against the rough grains. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He slid to the ground between a huge bag of rice and shelves packed with canned goods and spices. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I guess I had kind of expected everything to smell like rice. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Nathan began sharing out the rice and dhal, carefully tearing the plantain leaf he carried into three pieces on which to put each portion. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate the yams and some of the children’s rice. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for a small bowlful of rice there seemed to be no other food in the place. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Rupa’s next indoor task was to sift through a bag of uncooked rice from the market and pick out the small stones the vendors mixed in to make it weigh more. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He let go of her then and searched the cupboard, even running his hands over the shelves, though he must have been able to see there was no rice. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He has lost much weight and I wish he would eat a little of the shorwa and rice that Farzana jan cooks for him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I scoop the rice into deep bowls and ladle in broth and bring them over to where she is working. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment they heard a bloodcurdling scream coming from one of the slaves in the rice field. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Grains of rice lie about, as well as a flower just beginning to wilt. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Within a day, the British promised boiled peas and rice with butter twice a week for their American prisoners. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Many cars horned and overtook us; some were so full of Christmas yams and bags of rice and crates of soft drinks that their boots almost grazed the road. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z We returned to the kitchen, where my mother was draining a pot of boiled rice into a colander. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In the next aisle, Mama goes for the biggest bag of rice I’ve ever seen, and I imagine her cooking me magic beans and rice, like in Daddy’s stories. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z You break off little flakes, because one flake is salty enough to flavor a bite of rice. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z All of them were high in protein—17-32 percent, compared with 8—14 percent for wheat, 9 percent for corn, and even lower for barley and white rice. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In exchange for the butter and sugar, the man gave them two bags that looked like about fifteen pounds of rice each. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She had heard of the rice fields, but she stood amazed at what she saw. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Its owner had clothed it in a brown burlap rice sack with holes for neck and arms. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Remains of rice and millet at later Taiwanese sites provide evidence of agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Everybody has to carry something, so I pick the smallest item in the pile, the rice pot. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There's the fridge full of my mother's cooking: stewed okra, white rice with cumin, and meatballs. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As he dried with a towel, she put before him a steaming bowl of daal and a plate of fluffy white rice. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In the rice fields of eastern Texas, this practice has seriously reduced the populations of the fulvous tree duck, a tawny-colored, gooselike duck of the Gulf Coast. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Only another sister, Rosa Amalia, holds hunger at bay: each Saturday, she brings Enrique’s grandmother milk, cheese, butter, rice, sugar, beans, and vegetables. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “It only me, no need to help. No help! Please! Dinner simple, boiled carrot top, potato, and rice. Not much rice.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He took his bowl of rice with him and followed the foreigners, who were already walking out of the kitchen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z People started coming toward the boats, coming down the paths, through the meadows, for on each side of the river there were rice fields and slaves working in them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Using chopsticks, Coach sets on my plate white rice with uni on top. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We could make ravioli and garlic bread, quesadillas with beans and rice on the side, vegetable soup, a spinach salad with dried cranberries and blue cheese, or chili with corn bread. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They’d run out of rice yesterday, even though Papa had sold the “stolen” wheat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The typical peasant in traditional China ate rice for breakfast, rice for lunch, and rice for dinner. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m drowsy from sitting in the sun, after eating a plateful of leftover kimchi fried rice from Soojin’s fridge for a snack after school. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He was looking at us now in the impassive way he looked at the plates of boiled rice the hospital orderly placed before him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “What are you doing? Give me my food!” she barks at me and unwraps the banana leaves to find rice and salted pork. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me make the rice, and you get the chicken from the staff club.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Black beans and rice, fried bananas, and some stew.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Lugging packs weighing more than fifty pounds, the young men slogged across muddy rice fields and cut through dense forests. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then he saw Grandmother’s stern face, her skin as thin as rice paper, her white hair spread across her pillpw. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My new friend stepped forward to accept her bowl of rice. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s cleaning the bowijidoworis room,” the woman told him, referring to the office of the guard in charge of the rice farm. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I started to make our daily rice instead of my mother, and I put a bowl of fresh milk and treats. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Mom slumped into a chair and peeked into the paper containers until she came upon the fried rice. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Ranee brings out milky rice pudding and pours cups of tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “No. I will make it later on. Or I may eat the rice cold.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate beans and rice when they were lucky and begged on the streets when they were not. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z More than once, hungry beggars attempted to grab a handful of rice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Mrs. Newman wanders over with a plate of rice in her hand. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z White Deer dumped a big spoonful of rice into Uncles bowl. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z For a number of years California rice growers have been treating seed with DDT as protection against tadpole shrimp and scavenger beetles which sometimes damage seedling rice. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The dragon was right; just as he’d said, the fishnet could not keep the monkeys from the rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I remember maa saying the five rupees the picture cost would have bought half a kilo of rice. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z What if my parents force me to live in their dirty house without rice or meat or books or a TV? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In a clatter of forks against plates, beans, stew, tomatoes, rice, and doughnuts disappear. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I broke up the two rice cakes and we ate in silence, depressed by the ceaseless rain. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The silk lifted and waved, and the hundreds of thousands of grains of rice rose into the air. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As the rice cooked, it gathered the taste of the maple. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Amari could hear laughter of men on boats and slow, sad chants of slaves working in the rice fields nearby, finishing up their labors for the day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z At the DNA level, all the major cereals—wheat, rice, maize, millet, barley, and so on—are surprisingly alike. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His voice was full of green rice fields and red banners that arced across blue skies instead of a small hot room and the smell of printer’s ink. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to eat the bits of rice that hadn’t touched the stew, but there were only six or seven of those. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She felt like she could eat five more boxes of rice, and yet somehow it felt perfect, a perfect moment. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The soup that night was nearly the same as the first time: rice, carrots, carrot tops, and grasshopper. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She still sent me for water at the pump, but she began doing other things for me, things I could do perfectly well—cooking rice, peeling onions, scrubbing clothes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Now rice would be kept in there also. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She knows I can’t turn down her mom’s rice and beans. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Seven days went by and seven precious portions of rice were eaten. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The father scoops rice and hands it over to his youngest child first, then he does the same for the others. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming home from Kobe—bringing back rice—was another happy time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She opened the car door and began walking up the path, wobbling a little on her square wooden heels, reaching into her straw bag to eat handfuls of puffed rice. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But as the monkeys tried to carry the rice away, the net caught them. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z After Lupita’s supper of beans and rice that evening, Uncle Antonio arrived with other men to say the rosary for the second night. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z While the sun burst into multicolored flames on the horizon, its last wave goodbye before surrendering to the night, Ma handed Ba a bowl of rice porridge. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z After briefly occupying the cold northern tip of Honshu, Yayoi farmers abandoned that area, presumably because rice farming just could not compete there with the Jomon hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z "You eat rice with a fork now?" my baba asked a few years ago as he watched me eat my dinner. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And the two bottles of rice water that she drank instead of ordinary water. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he washed his hands, threw the oilcloth over himself, and before midnight he returned with a few strings of dried meat, several bags of rice, corn with weevils, and some emaciated bunches of bananas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I reach for another spoonful of rice and Miss Fulton doesn’t even notice. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Tiny grains of rice would inevitably fall through the prongs of the fork. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Do you think Mr. Derby gets his wealth from the rice?” she asked Teenie one humid afternoon. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Late that night we were still at work, cleaning the fish, hulling the rice, separating the grain from the husk. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I stirred the pot which I had put down in the sun and took a spoonful of the uncooked lentils and rice in my mouth. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She often had rice on her face and in her hair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened one last kitchen drawer and found a ten-pound bag of rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Wang Lung took up the bowl of cold rice and began to eat. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Although the family did not return with as much rice as they needed, Omakayas and Two Strike Girl became such good friends that, ever after, they called each other sister. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Dinner was beans and rice with chunks of chicken. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z But Jinjoo picked out pieces of fish from the soup that she tucked in the middle of the little rice balls she made out of the barley and grain rice. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z More interestingly, the reconstructed language had words for “pig,” “dog,” and “rice,” which must therefore have been part of Proto-Austronesian culture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z After a minute, I left the bowl of rice next to her and went into the other room. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z After working all day at the diamond mines, Papa would need the largest serving of rice. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the day he returned to the fields again, collecting rice even after darkness had rendered his eyes useless. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Korea and Japan adopted rice from China in the second millennium B.C., bronze metallurgy by the first millennium B.C., and writing in the first millennium A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She showed her how to arrange flowers in a vase and how, for special occasions, to dust her face with rice powder. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Even though I wasn’t craving any food except rice, I took a tomato so Susie wouldn’t feel like she was alone. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the morning I find myself short of breath just walking to the rice fields. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It took a while to get reacquainted with my old habit, but while I scooped up my rice with a spoon, it dawned on me: I am a spork. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The food bag still held a few rice cakes, but Tree-ear felt that he would never be able to eat again. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z "Silly shop-boy. It is all you can do to ensure that we have the ingredients for rice pudding." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z They were afraid of the living death that awaited them in the rice fields, on the great cotton plantations, the sugar plantations, in the deep South—and so ran away. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked into the kitchen and poured the rest of the jollof rice into the dustbin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We grew our own plantains and coconuts, the harvests were good and there was always food in the house—at least a bagful of rice, a little dhal, if no more. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z If our rice production is increased this year it is because Pol Pot made it happen. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z True to their word, they give us rice with salted fish to eat and allow us to drink as much water as we want. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The farmer turned and saw the trail of rice. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I manage to swallow one more bite of rice and lentils. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z An ounce of gold buys only a few pounds of rice, if we’re lucky. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of how garlic and gingerroot smell sizzling in ghee or the way dry rice feels falling through my fingers. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Here, the current was slow and the water clogged with trash of all sorts: fruit rinds, broken boxes, torn fishing nets, empty rice sacks, nine-year-old prison escapees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I sat at the edge of the gutter and chewed on some raw rice I had in a plastic bag. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When they reached the river’s entrance and paddled toward the rice camp, Grandma noted with disappointment the thinness of the rice stalks. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “We will have rice this night, my father,” he said. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She made her famous rice pudding and slow-cooked greens, chitlins, and the vats of spaghetti with meatballs she kept going on the stove for whenever cousins dropped by hungry. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I want y’all to head over to the rice fields and take this here water to the workers. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Other cities, too, called for fasts to ofler up their corporate orisons; and, sensible of our distress, they sent flour and rice. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Pinmei looked at the rice Amah had washed, a drop of water rolling down the side of the bowl like a single tear. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The young rice beds which Wang Lung sowed at first were squares of jade upon the brown earth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z One day, I said to him, “You know, I would like you to cook me some brown rice.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, Doha’s mom mentioned that she wanted to go get a bag of rice to give to Gunwoo’s mom, but his dad sharply declined. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She was frying some potatoes, and he was eating rice pudding. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He had a new barrel of rice and jars of pasta. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “No, Yuni, there’s nothing you could have done,” Doha’s mother said as she entered his room holding a bowl of rice gruel. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “And what would the emperor want with a stone that doubles rice and dumplings? He has plenty of both!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Min’s vessels were muffled in layers and layers of tightly packed rice straw; Tree-ear thought grimly that even if he ran at full speed, no harm would come to the work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Rolled eggs, rice balls with meat and vegetables, were ground into the dirty floor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “She thought your dad was a beggar asking for free food. What he should have said was ‘sal,’ which is the word for uncooked rice.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Teenage defectors from the North, when they arrive in South Korea, have told government counselors of a recurring dream: they are sitting at a table with their families, eating warm rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z To my astonishment, he said, “What is brown rice?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every few weeks, UN workers would deliver the rations of rice, beans, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, and a flour mixture called sosoma, made of soybeans, sorghum, and corn. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I was hungry, more than I could ever remember being, and I wanted a bowl of rice now. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He sulked and smoked on the balcony while I made rice with chicken neck stew. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He joined his mother one morning to plant rice seedlings. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z About that time people learned to plant and grow grasses like wheat, rice, and corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Ben asked when they had broken out of Ravenel County and in a hauntingly crepuscular light were shooting across a causeway where the locks and sluices of an old rice plantation were still visible. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He subsisted exclusively on rice and eagles’ blood, in a tiny cottage with an underground gymnasium and shooting range, on the stormy coast of Tibet. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The fist-sized rice ball rests weightily in my pocket as the face of the old woman comes back to me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He could make three dishes now — boiled rice, egg rice, and fried eggs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Porridge? Mushy peas? Pablum? Oh, let me guess, it’s tapioca isn’t it? Is it tapioca? Or are we calling it rice pudding tonight?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The guard was more interested in rice pudding than my patchwork story. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It reached and nearly touched the delicious flattened balls of parboiled rice in my imagination. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Two dozen black men and women, knee-deep in thick mud, bent over the delicate-looking rice plants. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z So does too much rice, the one-time staple that in the postfamine era has become a food for the rich in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I ate the tasteless beans, the sticky rice, the greasy fried chicken. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "It's rice pudding," Ben said, stupid with turkey. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Still owe the colmado- man two for one for every grain of rice I did already eat. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We stared at the pot of rice and lentils like it was the most interesting thing we’d ever seen. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It’s universally acknowledged as the ultimate form of rice. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And the following morning I get to go to school with my mother’s letter and a rice sandwich because we don’t have lunch meat. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama didn’t have to light the wood fire to cook rice. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “But we have tiger bone wine and dawn wine and wine of fragrant rice—why need you drink tea?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z So she simply said, “We don’t have any rice.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I grab a gallon of water and a bowl of beans and rice. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The two men laughed and started eating more rice from the tray, plowing through it with their plastic spoons. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Das continued walking, oblivious, trailing grains of puffed rice. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Why aren’t you in the rice fields like I ordered?” he demanded. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z With my back to Jack, I beg her with a look to stop, but he grabs a rice cake and hurries out. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She reached into her straw bag in search of something, then pulled out a packet of puffed rice. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Quietly, she fixes a special meal: tortillas, a pork cutlet, rice, fried beans with a sprinkling of cheese. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z There’s probably not a more perfect combination than rice, refried beans, and cheese. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z I quickly mix a bowl of rice into the spicy tofu soup my mom made and gulp it down. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Using a rake made from a stick of red willow pulled up by the roots, the two girls took turns turning the rice over and over, smoking and toasting the grains. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z They moved from hut to hut, entering each one with smiles and hands full of things like bread and jugs of water and crates of rice and grains. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The mountains of steaming basmati rice were capped with drizzles of saffron butter. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z At his boys’ camp, Kim works day and night in the fields planting and harvesting rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That was rice with green tea, with a topping or two, like seaweed or dried fish. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As I stepped through the door, the Negro woman sang out: “All we got left’s beans and rice, honey.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinnertime I help Mother peel sweet potatoes to stretch the rice. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I could only steal glances at Mr. Pirzada, sitting beside me in his olive green jacket, calmly creating a well in his rice to make room for a second helping of lentils. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z That was how Mama found me: barefoot and in my nightclothes eating out of the pot of rice from dinner, Dinah propped up against the sugar bowl facing me, in the dark kitchen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Tonight, Chou and I cook mushrooms and wild vegetables that we found in the field and we make rice soup for dinner. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He ached for a world where an insignificant person like himself could walk into a restaurant and fill his stomach with rice and meat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But it was—the skin of Haiyi’s face was even and unblemished, and a puddle of uncooked rice lay at her feet. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Donay, squatting, adjusts our tin can of rice, which hangs over the fire on a piece of wire. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa gives him Ma s ruby bracelets, her diamond rings, and much more in exchange for a few pounds of uncooked rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We chopped ham and onions for the jambaIaya; then we played cards while the rice cooked. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Carmine tilts his head up and leans back in my arms, floppy as a sack of rice. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I had earned two annas, and I spent it on a rice cake for us to eat in the morning. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Rabiya thinks cooked carrots are disgusting and picked them all out, but I love the way the slightly sweet rice mixes with salty ground beef kabobs and chunks of juicy chicken. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z We took turns leaving her plates of rice and glasses of tea. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But I can see he's surprised when I divide the rest of the stew and rice and hand a heaping plate to him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I make a sour face as I shovel a large bite of rice and meat into my mouth. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Everything was gone, used over months of bartering for cans of beans and bags of rice. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “With rice, like in the dog. Currier is what makes the rice currier rice. It’s Curry in German.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I could taste the rich ghee, each grain of rice, each speck of cumin, the tang of ginger, garlic, onion. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The rice, the dal, the chapatis exploded with flavor. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I start stirring the sweet, milky rice pudding while Starry backs out of the swinging door. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He brought them a large plate full of jumokbap, small fist-sized rice balls mixed with barley, seaweed, salt, sesame oil, and toasted sesame seeds, sitting on a white cloth to prevent sticking. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I said it was far healthier than white rice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, Pinmei thought it was his hat, but as she blinked away more tears, she saw it was Amah’s special rabbit rice bowl. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “If you like the rice, eat the rice,” Aunty Ifeoma said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Foods that humans cannot digest in their natural forms—such as wheat, rice and potatoes—became staples of our diet thanks to cooking. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Cajun opossum with wild rice is superb.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I look on at how carefully Hideo fries meat, chops vegetables, and sets rice in the steamer. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I will have the rice now or your husband shall hear that his wife is not as virtuous as he believes or she pretends.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Morning, noon, and night we each get one clump of rice, small, medium, large, according to our height, plus one cup of water no matter our size. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “We’re committed, as she gets older, to teaching her about her birth culture. And of course she already loves the rice. Actually, it was her first solid food.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One Asian, in the vestibule, with little tea and just rice for all.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The elderly couple had shared their food and water supplies with the children, and Jinjoo had in turn given them some of their rice balls. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z As night fell over the hushed, shadowy hills of the countryside, I thought of the women in the camp, spending their days cooking with corn and rice, tending to their children, gossiping about camp life. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Ayesha nods and looks down, then shovels a little bit of rice onto her fork and raises it to her mouth. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Chicken with pasta or fish over rice pilaf.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I understood that it was not a good thing to be Number Twenty-Seven, because the rice ran out by the time the aunties got to the last girl. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z California sportsmen have enjoyed excellent hunting because of the concentrations of waterfowl and pheasants in the rice fields. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “It is a rice plantation. Can you say ‘plantation’?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Cartons and bags of rice were stacked against the wall near the door. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They dance scenes depicting farmers at work, the harvesting of rice, nurses helping wounded soldiers, and soldiers winning batdes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam is in front of us and has already put her rice and black beans in the bowl. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Ma and Ba wor\\ so hard for every grain of rice, Ba shouldn’t have to feed the goldfish too. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z In that hour, she spent ten minutes in the rice field and the rest of the time in the bushes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had hoped she would come a little later, too, when the rice was done. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Later in the day the men rested on a dirt levee between rice fields. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was delicious, thick with rice and chunks of chicken, cubed potatoes, green olives, and capers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Mami didn’t seem as bothered by his absence and fed us soups, or creamy rice with milk, or hot sancochos made up of whatever leftovers she could fit into the pot. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In a sullen silence she began preparing the meal, lighting the fire, fetching the water, boiling the rice, the baby astride her hip as before and whimpering unheeded. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z There are so many guests invited to Sonia’s rice ceremony that Ashoke arranges to rent a building on campus, with twenty folding tables and an industrial stove. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I boiled some more rice and lentils, the smell waking me up and making me feel more normal. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When he was home, Tata was nice to him, prepared him special broths, cooked him creamy rice with milk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z And sleep, such sleep...deep and sweet and sound as I had not known for many nights; it claimed me even as I sat amid the rice husks and fish scales and drying salt. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He almost became an alcoholic there on rice wine the men learned to brew in the barracks. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “We got white rice! First we got the butter and sugar, and then Jiichan sold it at the black market!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Meaning once a year we bought as many fifty-pound bags of rice as we could afford, and we didn’t get nervous again about money until we reached our last bag. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He searched floors, roads, and fields for grains of rice, beans, or cow dung that contained undigested kernels of corn. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was just one of the qualities about rice that made it different from every other food. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z For lunch she had brought rice and cabbage with a touch of bacon grease on the rice. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a part of the year everyone looked forward to because there would be cousins to play with, games in the rice camps, the pleasures of talk, feasting, more talk, more visiting and feasting. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I wipe the green lentils from Jaimito’s pudgy face and flick a piece of rice from the tip of his nose. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, Lee Cheun scoops ladles full of cooked rice and puts it on banana leaves. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wonder how many extra years that official stole with that one bite,” the stonecutter said, laughing as he brought the rice bowl to his face. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And no pheasant buried in coconut leaves for twenty days and stuffed with wild rice and cooked over a wood fire so tender and delicate it make you cry. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no monetary system in place, so rice is used as currency. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He forks rice and beans into his mouth. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The boys followed with the food: a large plastic bowl full of steaming rice and smaller ceramic bowls containing helpings of warm cassava, beans, potatoes, and stewed greens. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The old woman stood frozen, the basket of sticky rice her husband had forgotten swinging from her fingertips. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Their slender hands slid through the holes of the fishnet and each grabbed two big fistfuls of rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She had let him know they had rice, and he had stolen it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I pulled a tea towel from the drawer next to the stove, then grabbed the ceramic rice platter and dried it off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z My parents, my older brothers and sister work in the rice field while we younger kids stay behind to work in the community garden. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My father had shoveled in a mouthful of rice and gravy. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Traders came to his village with clothing items, rice, and other cooking ingredients to exchange for salt and fish, so he didn’t need to go anywhere. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Not only were there solid rice cakes, the best journey food, but also a surprise: a packet of gokkam—sweet dried persimmons. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I’m nowhere near done, cuz I’m super sick of beans and rice. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z First, she pulled off a lump of the rice dough and molded it into a small pocket filled with sugar and nuts and sesame seeds. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Supplies for the club’s first recipe are piled on the island: a brown bag labeled zebra basmati rice, a bucket full of onions and potatoes, a bunch of wilting cilantro, and a few bright tomatoes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A girl who hates pasta and likes cupcakes and will always like her mother’s rice—and now loves Cheesy Wotsits and fish fingers. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “The rice is nearly cooked,” the young woman was saying. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Horan liked the soups and the rice, but he didn’t dare try the other food they served, with cooked snakes, frog legs, and other animals hunted from the jungle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “I think not. Look at you. You are near dead. The rice wine has dulled your senses. Reduced to healing warts. Pathetic. I am here to save you, in return for the Book.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The next day after we had had our morning rice, Uncle came over to Father. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Tah dig is the layer of crispy rice from the bottom of the pot. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They knelt before an alcove at the back of the room and contemplated a shelf on which small bowls of uncooked rice had been neatly arranged. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In the middle sat a big pot of white rice. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z That space, they hoped, they would fill with the wild rice, the manomin, the good seed that would sustain them through the winter. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z On the way I was so hungry from not eating while conked out on the airplane that I begged for rice. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “I must have some rice too. I cannot come every day....as it is I have waited a long time to make sure you were alone.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Several times a day, the guerrillas would stop to rest, and dip into a dirty cloth bag holding cooked rice mixed with some kind of fish or meat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z While the other girls wear pretty dresses and eat delicious food from the Thai market, I eat rice gruel, and fish when we can afford it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Crane-man picked up the last morsel of rice with his chopsticks and popped it into his mouth. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Olanna was sitting on Mohammed’s veranda, drinking chilled rice milk, laughing at the delicious cold trickle down her throat, at the stickiness on her lips, when the gateman appeared and asked to speak to Mohammed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When she wasn’t fussing about him seeming glad to bring home the bent cans and weevily rice and flour we couldn’t sell at the store, she was complaining about his not having any get-up-and-go. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We live on rice, soy sauce, canned corn. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “There is only a little rice left in the basket,” said the old man, seating himself at the table in the middle room and stirring with his chopsticks the thick yellow gruel. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Amaka piled almost everything on her dish—jollof rice, fufu and two different soups, fried chicken and beef, salad and cream—like someone who would not have an opportunity to eat again soon. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z At full dusk or thereabouts he ate three rice balls, a slab of rock cod, and two windfall apples from a wild tree behind Bender’s Spring. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Pa walks over to Keav and takes a ball of sticky rice out of the pot she is carrying. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Kim breaks off a leg, scoops up a bowl of rice, and hands it to me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But rice had been domesticated in warm southern China and spread only slowly northward to much cooler Korea, because it took a long time to develop new, cold-resistant strains of rice. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Less well known are Africa’s combination of sorghum, African rice, and pearl millet with cowpeas and groundnuts, and the Andes’ combination of the noncereal grain quinoa with several bean species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The walls had to be ornamented with a mixture of rice flour and water, which I dribbled through my fingers. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Every morning a row of trucks carrying bags of rice, fish, and tanks of fresh water comes blaring into Lam Sing. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Planting rice now has become an automatic, physical action, requiring no concentration. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You might not think it, but I try to be honorable. That’s how my parents raised me. Is it good enough for the rice?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Kazi took everything out of the pantry, the containers of lentils, dried peas, rice, flour, and spices. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "Sorry," I mumble, trying to hide the bowl of water and rice from Ms. Raz's squinty glare. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I have nice shoes for rice,” he said. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was startlingly austere—some dried noodles, one bag of rice, raisins, coffee, salt, a good supply of candy bars, and toilet paper. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We rarely even ate rice, but when we did, I'd grown accustomed to using a fork, the same way he did, even though the utensil never made sense to me in that context. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She drew an imaginary square as she bit into a rice ball. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He climbed a pile of coffee grounds, but near the top the grounds gave way under him and he slid down and landed in a pool of leftover rice pudding. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z I stood near the large tins of rice and could smell the cinnamon sticks which sat on a shelf right near my face. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Squatting beside a blackened tin pot outside the woman’s hut, I ate burned rice, crispy and gooey. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We had rice most days for dinner, but I didn’t want it with peas or butter beans, or even collard greens. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z First of all, there is a clear relationship in rice farming between effort and reward. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Instant rice takes five minutes, instant pudding an hour. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The next morning, before his parents awoke, Ku-Ang peeked into the rice jar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The aunties set about boiling the mealie meal in the rice pot. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Her helpers will return to find the rice missing and they will have nothing more to give to her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma chattered as she put the rice back on the stove and chopped two purple onions, her stream of sentences punctuated by her cackling laughter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I inhaled the sweet scent of milk rice that wafted through our apartment. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Since Mama said her floor was clean enough to eat off, she made us put the grains in a bag to save them, while she boiled fresh rice and reheated okra and tomato soup. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z After we ate, we made rice balls to take with us. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they heard his truck tear out, Eleanor's mom picked up the bowl with what was left of the rice pudding, then skimmed the top off the pile of pudding on the floor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z After a quick lunch of rice with salted fish, we climb in the truck and move again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was more interested in the encyclopedia than in the domestic problem, even when he had to content himself with a scrap of meat and a little rice for lunch. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Some of the rice heads drooped right over into the water. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Two crops a year are not uncommon; in terms of yield per acre, peach palms are typically much more productive than rice, beans, or maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She served him a plateful of rice and beans and fried up a pork chop or two. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z While the rice bubbled in the pot, we continued to wait for him. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z In many Nikkei families, you began working as soon as you could, babysitting or cooking rice or cleaning floors. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z For just as Pinmei swallowed her second rice ball, there was a faint rumble in the distance. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She kept the keys to the cupboard knotted in her sari, all but counting the grains of rice. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z My stomach wants to push out all the morning rice. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Hanako finished cooking the rice, listening to the sounds of everybody talking especially excitedly tonight. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The ground troops, reinforced by heavy air support, destroyed the North Vietnamese sanctuaries, and confiscated weapons, rice, and medical equipment. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z There was enough for the six mats and enough each for a penny for rice and beyond that he had three pence left. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z There was spilled rice all over the floor, along with a cracked ceramic container with delicate painted flowers on it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The evening ended with the cracking of branches in the forest and the pounding of rice in mortars. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Saidu had climbed to the attic to bring down the remaining rice for their journey, when the rebels stormed in. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We have almost used up our roti and dal, but we still have the dry rice, peas, and lentils. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Each bag had a box of rice, a can of red beans, a can of mixed vegetables, and two cans of tomato soup. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I had planned a private good-bye tea party in her room with almond cookies and rice cakes. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We both stood there, breathing hard, staring at the wash of rice grains that had tumbled out of the canister and spread to almost every corner of the kitchen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She took off her coat and rolled it into a ball that she wrapped around the bag of rice she was carrying. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Halfway there we stopped and ate a meal: boiled rice, dhal, vegetables and curds. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He was green, and he overestimated his resilience, but he was sufficiently skilled to last for sixteen weeks on little more than his wits and ten pounds of rice. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Jing is good leftover stuff when you take impurities out of something like gold, or rice, or salt. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z For months, they had been sneaking ammunition and TNT into Saigon under loads of firewood and inside baskets of rice. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I wish all the beans and rice Mama’s been making would give me some type of superpower in real life. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Momma puts the chops on the cutting board so they can rest, and checks the rice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Because,” Luba Luft said, “they used to eat boiled dog stuffed with rice in the Philippines. I remember reading that.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The bedroom door opened and Moms came in with some fried chicken, green beans, rice, and gravy. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Swart was a young man, and I explained to him that brown rice was the unrefined rice kernel, and we used to eat it during the war when white rice was unavailable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma fills my plate up with all my favorite foods and a big dollop of white rice, and I dive right in. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “I don’t care as long as I get to eat the rest of your food. But why do you want that much plain rice? Ain’t you tired of it?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I nodded and swallowed the saliva collecting in my hungry mouth, cradling the warm bowl in my hands, and snuck a large pinch of rice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z First he went out and picked up Chinese takeout—General Tso’s chicken and shrimp fried rice for everyone. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It was from China that the techniques of rice cultivation spread throughout East Asia—Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They were one of the few families that still had daily white rice, but just like everyone else, Doha’s mother mixed it with barley, millet, and beans to make it last longer. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Amari would not to be taken to the rice swamps—at least not today. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They work very hard, some days planting rice and vegetables and cutting lumber, and other days building dams and digging trenches. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she scooped up some of the rice with the fingers of her left hand and shoveled it into her mouth. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d often stop by my father’s stall and buy a bag of rice and the two men would chat. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z A washing machine, because no one here will scrub laundry in exchange for a bowl of rice. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z And the rooms do not have rice paper doors but a big piece of wood like the stores in the village. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z They were escorting a group of young women who carried cooking pots, bags of rice, mortars and pestles. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I slap the spoon down on the table, and little grains of rice fly around me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z We stare unbelieving at the rice and meat Kim displays on the table. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As Pa speaks, I know that he thinks someone in our family has stolen the rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw the bag into the air, said “Arigatō” a little rudely, kind of like a smart aleck, then said, “Next time I’ll bring you something. Maybe a kimono? And then you’ll give me rice.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A powdery smell hit my nose, along with a light puff of rice dust. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mean Lady Ming yelled something mean back to the kitchen, and in ten minutes we had a brown bag smelling of fried rice and chicken wings. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z So she had done a bad thing by hinting to Kiyoshi about the rice, but now a good thing had come out of it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Somkit went back into Mark's kitchen and came out with dishes of fish meatball soup and fried eggs and scallions over rice. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Inside, there’s rice and little dried fish with the heads still on. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z A loco moco is a mountain of rice topped with a hamburger patty topped with gravy topped with two fried eggs. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z That night we were temporarily happy that we had some money, and were hoping to buy some cooked rice with cassava or potato leaves for dinner. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Almost immediately, the financial slide began, but was artificially buoyed by extravagant bank loans that Chacko raised by mortgaging the family’s rice fields around the Ayemenem House. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The man went into a little room at the end of the kitchen, where he hummed a familiar song, dished out rice into many bowls, and brought them out on a tray. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then there were cabbage leaves stuffed with ground meat and rice, cabbage leaves of such a toughness that they were almost impossible to cut without spattering ground meat and rice all over the carpet. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z My dad prepares our plates with salad first, piling his rice and pigeon peas on top. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “That is what I am expecting,” Minli said as she filled her pot with water and uncooked rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She was very worried about the rice, and also about her beautiful coat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When we had done, the rice yield was meagre—no more than two measures—all that was left of the year’s harvest and the year’s labour. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Those dozen blockbusters are the cereals wheat, corn, rice, barley, and sorghum; the pulse soybean; the roots or tubers potato, manioc, and sweet potato; the sugar sources sugarcane and sugar beet; and the fruit banana. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Tables were covered with barbecue chicken and ribs, rice and beans, egg rolls, and so many other dishes. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was filled with a sack of rice and not his usual work tools. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z In isolation, one was deprived of company, exercise, and even food: one received only rice water three times a day for three days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I fed him small bites of rice, then bigger. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She put the packet of puffed rice back into her bag without folding over the top. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z A bag is placed on the table next to my Tupperware of rice. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z We drove past fields of sugarcane, rice, pineapples, and tobacco. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Offerings are made to pictures of their grandparents and his father, rice poured into a pyre that they are forbidden by the management of the hotel to ignite. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I had gotten up in the middle of the night and stolen the rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Father jammed his hands into his pockets, watching White Deer wash the rice. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you should ever have any rice, I could get you something special. If you don’t like the kimono I had before, I could get you something else. What would you like?” he asked sweetly. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She woke early, sometimes even before Papi, cooked the beans and rice for our supper, ironed our school uniforms and her work clothes, and bathed, powdered, and stuffed herself into her tortuous undergarments. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But the fishnet was strong and well woven, and since the monkeys were too greedy to let go of the rice, Minli and the dragon entered the peach grove and continued through the forest. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He says the name Pol Pot is passing through many lips in the rice fields and village. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But now I remembered about how it used to be, sitting on the edge of the rice field as she waded through the brown, clouded water. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Give me half a cup of rice only, and I will pay you soon.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you eaten rice today, little girl ?” they greeted me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They were jealous of Baba’s carpentry skills, which earned a higher pay than their work of laying bricks, and of how quickly his rice harvest had recovered. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He stares at the commuters who cling precariously to trams and buses, threatening at any moment to spill onto the street, and at the families who boil rice and shampoo their hair on the sidewalk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Amari knew, however, that it was just a matter of time before she would be toiling in the hot sun, up to her knees in water, planting the rice, one kernel after another. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My body is starting to feel different too, like a soft white roll or mushy white rice, from all the mestizo food I eat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Victoria pursed her perfect lips, and blinked her grey eyes, and said, "Yes, Tristran. We shall be having rice pudding." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z His work consists of constantly loading and unloading one hundred kilograms of rice onto trucks to be sent to China. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “They are drawn from several of the Colonies. They are, for the most part, merchants, the owners of some few plantations ... rice, tobacco.... They have been most generous in their funding.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I spent eighteen years out there—some kinda record they tells me. Every day the rice hands be exposed to the burnin’ sun. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, first thing is to soak the rice in water. Does anybody know why we do that?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Agricultural societies are ravaged by famine when drought, fire or earthquake devastates the annual rice or potato crop. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He stayed quiet as Rupa and Ma served lentils, rice, spinach, potatoes, and eggs. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Grandma India was preparing more stews and casseroles with less meat and lots of rice and potatoes. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now you know what your rice tastes like. Now you know what you’ve given me in this marriage. Bad food, and nothing else.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He walked quickly into the kitchen, laid the arigbe down on the counter, and measured out some rice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On top of it sat a small pot of rice, another of soup, and a kettle of barley tea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z When it was gone, Mrs. Flagg handed me a bowl of rice and boiled prunes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At first he asked for rice water and cried because there was none, but later he gave up asking and merely cried. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Lu offered, staring at his fried rice like it wasn't...fried rice. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Ten minutes later, Celeste brought out a tray with three bowls of tomato rice soup and a plate of saltines. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She also went to my favorite little Japanese cafe and got me a bento box of Japanese fried chicken with rice, miso soup, and potato salad. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z This extra rice is our family’s defense weapon against completely starving to death. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As the gunboats went farther and farther up the Combahee, they began to see slaves working in the rice fields. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I would join the other widows for a dinner of curried lentils or rice, sometimes with a bit of fish or some morsels of chicken. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Assuming the puffed rice lasted another week, which he doubted. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Not knowing that I watched, fat men ate meat; fat men drank wine made from the rice; fat men sat on naked little girls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearby was an extra pot of rice and chicken. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Ivanito told her that they didn’t get such good food at his boarding school, that it’s always chicken with rice or potatoes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z However, despite the lingering meat fumes, my grandma never fed me anything other than bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast, in consideration of my illness. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “We may be able to buy palm leaves in the village—also rice.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Three cooks in white clothing worked at the big stoves, putting beans, rice, and enchiladas onto plates that dark-haired waitresses in bright-red dresses picked up at a counter. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I stuffed more kebab into my mouth, some yogurt mixed with rice, and a pickled cauliflower, and used the basil to shove it all in with my fingers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I cooked them a special candlelit dinner, complete with blackberries and cilantro sprigs as garnishes, and rice molded to the shape of an upside-down cup like I’d seen in a magazine. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And at night, with a rice bowl and a set of chop-sticks waiting for her at the table, they looked up at every sound of footsteps. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z When it’s finally time to eat, everyone gets a ladleful of bright yellow rice and potatoes in a plastic bowl. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z In the Pearl River Delta, the rice farmer planted two and sometimes three crops a year. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Mr. Grote shows me how he grows wild rice in the stream and collects the seeds. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I ask around a big bite of my fried chicken and rice. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Two bags of rice, six cans of red beans, two of black beans, four of spinach, two of split pea soup, one of lentil, one of carrots, three of mixed vegetables, and one of sardines. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He had no idea if four thousand won was a fair price for his stolen rice, but he happily sold it and bought some crackers and cookies. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The heavy pot of rice shook as the monkeys fought violently to get free. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He handed me the whole pack of rice candy plus a Hershey’s bar. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “She’s just come back from London, my good man, and she likes her rice a certain way. Fried rice, I think. I’m not sure you could make something suitable.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The rice farmer isn’t simply planting in the spring and harvesting in the fall. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z A woman, her head too big for her small body, brought us some rice, and Lobel took some. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He would learn to cook fried rice and he would have to use less oil and he would take orders from her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Sacrabani was isolated from the start, a white crow in a flock of black, a grain of wheat among the rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “We will put some food in the car, of course, yams and rice,” he said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z On swollen legs they carried out dishes of lamb and rice, okra in tomato sauce, Greek salad, rice pudding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He makes sure I have the right bowls or the proper amount of rice but seems happy for me to cook. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But Hana’s not back yet, and Momma is spooning out the red beans and rice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Mama and Nokomis hung the smoky woven bags of rice and tools and medicines from the willow poles above. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He found beef jerky, rice, beans, dried onions, coffee, and candy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened her other hand and, from Pinmei’s handkerchief, hundreds of rice grains fell onto the floor like a sudden rain shower. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A crimson beet stew appeared next to his rice the following evening. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z How many different combinations could you make with rice, pork, and peppers? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The tall yellow rice grass and the broken gray shale ridge were undisturbed by outlines of darker objects that did not belong with the junipers and yuccas. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And everywhere, there is rice, miles upon miles of it. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Then we began to help him, scrubbing pots and tying up bags of rice and lentils that Kazi would either pack for us or take with him to his cottage. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Papa was not at home the day the debils burned the rice and palm trees that grew on the nearby hillsides. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama scooped less rice than usual into the cook pot that night. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, if you took the brown chunky chili and poured it over rice instead of bread, it would look a lot like fesenjoon. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Maybe I can ask my family if you can work for them? They will need help. They raise wheat and rice and vegetables. They could pay you with food...maybe.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Many took whatever possessions and supplies they could carry including household goods, bags of rice, and bicycles. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Those with the most “currency” can cross from the food section to the book section, where old Khmer, Chinese, French, or English dictionaries and novels can be bought with several kilograms of rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Half of its farmland is devoted to labor-intensive, high-yield, irrigated rice agriculture, facilitated by abundant rivers flowing from the wet mountains onto sloping lowland plains. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She reminded herself to tell her grandparents to hide the rice in the locker at all times. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The wings themselves were finer than the finest rice paper, and yet they were strong. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When the rice was done, the pot was overflowing with snowy white rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She hands me leftover rice packed into an empty yogurt container to carry home. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z A skyblue Plymouth, with the sun in its tailfins, sped past young rice fields and old rubber trees on its way to Cochin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a storeroom for vegetables and sacks of rice and other such things: dry enough, but bitterly cold. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At the nearby open-air market, she bargained for fish, chicken, rice, vegetables, and salt. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The commander decides the ration is now half a clump ol rice only at morning and night, and one cup of water all day. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Ma watched him and then began to pack the cooked rice into a traveling box. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “I could feel bad in my body. Yes, I could. I knew was something bad in house. But it was stolen rice, not about Akira.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z My mother had looked in my rice bowl and told me I would marry a bad man. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Daniel orders us patbingsoo, which turns out to be shaved ice with fruit, small, soft rice cakes, and sweet red beans. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z This day Mother prepares an altar to chant for his return, offering fruit, incense, tuberoses, and glutinous rice. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Please, my family is very hungry, could you spare some rice? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z That year, although the harvest was not the best, there was rice for everyone and, as always, work that could not be avoided. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Before the book the only thing to read was what came written on a bag of rice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He walked to a nearby rice field where his mother worked and asked a woman if she had seen her. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He supplemented his soup and rice with canned C rations he’d brought with him: familiar American food like beans and franks, even if he had to eat it cold from the can. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She carried a white puppy and a rice sack knotted at the mouth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, millet cultivation, bronze technology, and writing arose in North China, while rice cultivation and cast-iron technology emerged in South China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The culprits were a handful of plant species, including wheat, rice and potatoes. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The scent on the evening breeze was a fragrant compound of roasting rice, wild-duck stew and wood smoke. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother would say to me when the rice bowl went up to my face too many times, “Look how much Huang Taitai’s daughter can eat.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the elite in Pyongyang, one of the most coveted signifiers of status is an electric rice cooker. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z We make simple things, dal, rice, spinach cooked with tomatoes, chapatis. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Persians have very strong feelings about the proper applications of rice. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It irritated him: her assuming that everything belonged to Master, her taking command of his kitchen, her ignoring his perfect jollof rice and chicken. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the mountain, she unwrapped her blanket and took out her knife, needle, rice bowl, bamboo piece, and jug of water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Everyone leaned in as Suya opened the jar and the uncooked rice began to fall from it like beads from a broken necklace. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Those little birds filled with orange sauce, with wild rice and watercress. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Pa had traded inside the village with the base people for rice and other grains. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have been robbed, and by one of my own children, of rice, which above all things is most precious.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Only then would they taste the pure flavor of rice and feel its solid goodness in their bellies. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Minli’s thoughts bubbled faster and faster like boiling rice; every step she took seemed to throb and Minli wasn’t sure if the pounding was her heart or Wu Kang’s axe in the distance. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Unless your father will kill a corpse, because I will start with you first,” Aunty Ifeka said, and rose with the bowl of clean rice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “This is for the rice,” he said in Japanese. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was my understanding that communists preferred beefy, corn-fed girls with thick ankles and strong backs, all the better for threshing wheat and lugging heavy sacks of rice. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Another impossible dream,” Ma said, looking at the plain rice in her bowl with bitterness. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Chapter Eleven had been heading toward the kitchen for a second helping of rice pudding when she blocked his way. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I offer Jaimito another spoonful of mashed potatoes, eyeing their plates heaped with rice and meat and rolls, this fancy food I’ve spent my life craving. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have a girl who cleans and cooks so I have a lot of stew in my freezer and jollof rice in my fridge. We can have lunch here. Would you like something to drink?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Liyana ate a mound of rice and onions and sizzled pine nuts, but steered clear of the lamb. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z As far as the eye can see, there are people marching in the road while huts stand empty and rice fields are left unattended. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was done, Rashid Uncle took out five bowls, and I spooned rice and dal into four of them and then one with just rice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z What redeemed the life of a rice farmer, however, was the nature of that work. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Then I add: eating beans and rice every day, not being able to write poems, and having to live at Smoky Inn forever. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I eat my rice and wonder why my parents can’t speak or joke with the ease of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Her face is long and narrow like a grain of rice, and she wears her hair cut into a mushroom-shaped bob. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He crawled over a fence, found some rice straw, and dug in for the night. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The windows of the car were dirty and rice thrown at some recent bridal pair lay scattered on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z On the doorstep I traced out a colam, a pattern in white rice flour to welcome them. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweet rice cakes with gooey walnut paste next to stalls of fish cake and raw seafood. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z We unpack the dried fish and rice and eat in silence. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the rice under her nose and waited. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z No wonder I had received the smallest serving of rice! Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Amah said, scooping the rice with her cold fingers. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Elites have relatively large apartments and access to rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I think Dell is developing a real taste for the food, because he takes seconds on the rice balls. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Without thinking, she spent all the money meant for rice and bought the painting. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The village chief takes all five families to his house and gives us rice and fish for dinner before the adults leave to hear further instructions. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “They knows the rice ’cause they work it in their own country. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to realize that, because he handed me a piece of rice candy and said, “I’d like to give you this.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The sword was loving this, while I struggled to keep down my rice dinner as the chariot rocked and spun in the hurricane. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The boy stared at it: “You must have money! Otherwise how could you buy rice cakes?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z We heard rice being pounded and whispers in the breeze. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z "There's just so many options, but I think I'm just going to have shrimp fried rice," Lu said. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The smell of fried garlic and cooked rice fills our kitchen when the family takes their usual places around a mahogany table where we each have our own high-backed teak chair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In Sierra Leone all that we had ever eaten was rice, pepper, mealie meal, cassava, mango, and banana. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Shelves lined each wall, some bare, others stacked with Wonder Bread, rice, toilet paper, and pigs’ feet. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z For our move to Georgia, Dad and Uncle loaded up the truck with all the bags of rice that we hadn’t sold at the store. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z If she doesn’t grin wide, the tooth she chipped on a rice stone is hardly noticeable. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom started eating again, delicately picking the capers off the rice with the tines of her fork. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Didu, my other grandmother, is making chicken curry and biryani rice. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “We talked some, he was very shy, but after a while he said, ‘One thing I really like is Spanish rice.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked slowly, carrying some puffed rice tossed with peanuts and chili peppers in a large packet made from newspapers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z As he walked, the grains of rice made a crunching noise under his feet. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I stand still in the road, letting go of the rice pot to wipe dirt and tears from my cheeks. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother cleaned the intestines, later to be cooked with spices and rice. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z But the thought of climbing the twelve flights just to ram cold rice and beans into his mouth was even worse. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Adams was surprised to hear that the North Vietnamese were bringing rice to the orphanage. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She picks the pebbles from the rice and rinses it in the sink. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifted his plate from the table and slammed it down, scattering rice and capers and peppers and chicken across the floor. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I tellCharlie that in Daddy’s stories, the beans and rice have magical powers, and she eats it without whining. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I was hungry thanks to my adventure the night before, and all I wanted was rice for some reason, but Mama was already dishing up our breakfast of steaming grits. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We worked through the days and in the twilight getting in the rice, and then we worked three more days draining the fields and clearing them, and then three more nights sifting and winnowing. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z While they waited for the rice porridge to cook, Taisin told them what had happened the night before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z At home later my mother gave my father and me sardines and rice. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z A bowl full of rice but without my appetite to eat it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, no rice, but—wait...they say Biswas is selling...you can try....” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother serves him huge portions of chicken and rice, filling his plate twice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When I want to remember, it is like looking into a bowl and finding the last grains of rice you did not finish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When did you learn how to make the rice? she asks. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z And as casually as he might pick up a steaming hot bowl of rice, he tossed a brass vase out the living room picture window. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z By six o’clock she was exhausted, almost too weary to talk with Salvador, who came to sit beside her in Señor Rodrigo’s kitchen and eat a dinner of enchiladas, beans, and rice. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z They coiled around his trunk, slicing through his Kevlar reinforced jacket like a razor through rice paper. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Extra bags of rice delivered to one house signaled a coming feast; a normally sober man stumbling home drunk one night might mean that a son had been born. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They ate pickled mangoes with their meals, ate rice every night for supper with their hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z We didn’t get back until dusk because I discovered some wild rice in an ox bow of the stream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside it, James could see a mass of tiny green things that looked like little stones or crystals, each one about the size of a grain of rice. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Every time the Angkar thinks the Youns will invade Cambodia, the soldiers stock up on food and supplies and ship more rice to China in exchange for guns. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Eunjoo didn’t know how to make a lot of food, but she had learned to make rice and seaweed soup. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z One day she accused me of putting too much water in the rice, so that it was like gruel. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z After the zafra over, I work on drainage ditches for rice, I clear weeds, I cut and burn chaff. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I ate a couple more bites of salmon and rice, and then asked to be excused. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Take this to Dadi,” Papa said to me, and handed me the plain bowl of rice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Next evening she hurried to the valley as soon as she could, carrying some sweet rice wrapped in a heart-fruit leaf. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Dinners were always noisy, and they were always abundant with great pots of boiled rice, platters of home-grown vegetables, fish Papa caught. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings she cooks for him, hoping to please, with the unrationed, remarkably unblemished sugar, flour, rice, and salt she had written about to her mother in her very first letter home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At the camp, they work from dawn until dusk in the rice fields. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma hovers around us, heaping rice and yellow lentils on our plates. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I love watching the spread of rice flour on cloth, stretched over a steaming pot. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They had arrived just before the kitchen closed and were busily applying themselves to curry and rice. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The galley was trashed, all fallen out, but many of the bins of food were still locked in place: rice and flour in sealed containers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “The rains may come again. We need rice too.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z All the children were awake, waiting for their morning meal of rice water. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Korean food has to have perfect rice: not too dry, not too wet. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It’s a Mexican restaurant that serves rice and beans and I’m happy to finally get to eat something familiar. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I wanted to make some soup and rice for Grandpa anyway.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “One day, a poor boy from another village heard about the girl. ‘Please make me a pot of rice and cowpeas,’ he asked his grandmother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The rice and meat offered him were gone. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we soak the rice, it becomes softer and cooks faster,” I call out loudly. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z "This will not do!" the lord roared, and he commanded his servants to even out the road by filling the gaps with uncooked rice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Lu asked, with a mouth full of rice this time. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I got a half dozen cans of mixed vegetables, and look at this, four juice boxes—remember those?—and a nice bag of rice.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z What’s left at the bottom of my bowl is approximately three spoonfuls of rice, and I have to make this last. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually it is rice and beans and whatever else has been donated, maybe a big bowl of soup. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It was later, after another dinner of plain white rice had been consumed and tea forgone again on account of the drought, after Rasheed had smoked a cigarette, that he told Laila about his decision. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “At least Baba doesn’t do any dirty work,” Neel said, watching his sister pour more rice into the flat basket on her lap. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z There was beans and rice, fried chicken, ribs, plantains, and corn on the cob. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Bill could cook rice like the Chinese— I mean rice that stood every grain on its own, but I never knew the Chinese to do what Bill could with seafood and beans. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I could deal with the mean aunties and the small amount of rice if I had friends. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She put Jay’s lunch together, scooping Sea Island red peas on top of steaming rice. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I want to be punished for the rice I stole from them, for someone to hurt me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Two rice cakes, four teaspoons of mustard = 90. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “I wish I was better jiichan so I could give you many rice.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was an arduous, backbreaking task: hours of work to gather mere handfuls of rice. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Stir the rice while I take this to Hari,” she said. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z We bought some rice, some palm oil, salt, and fish; by the time we were done, the market was filling up with people hurriedly trying to buy whatever they could afford. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Eyes focused on my bowl, I see her hand dump some rice in my bowl and drop a whole fish on top of it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched my parents look at the rice in the truck, and I could see that the rice made them feel good. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Mama offered the man the small portion of rice remaining from our morning meal. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z As they left the rice fields, Polly could hear the workers being called back to work—no free time just because of a little snakebite. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He hooks me up with extra pegao because I’ve always loved crispy rice since I was a kid, maybe because it’s crunchy like some of my favorite candy. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The dough was made of rice flour, and it was soft and spongy on the outside. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “There is no rice to be given away,” I said. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z A bus drove past, dusty and yellow; it looked like one of those campaign buses that politicians used to tour rural areas and give out rice and cash to villagers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I love Korean breakfast,” I say around a mouthful of rice and kimchee. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “I pray for many good rain to help rice grow,” Jiichan called out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The wives of the umunna took the leftover food, even the cooked rice and beans that Mama said were spoiled, and they knelt in the backyard dirt to thank Papa and Mama. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “How are you able to stuff your face when you can’t even plant rice?” the guard asked. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z And...just like that, she forgave the boy for stealing the rice. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If so I would like to know how he was injured, for he always carried enough rice in his backpack + he had arctic clothes + plenty of money. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s rice flour, and your father wants you to have it,” the foreman said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She wants the fattest chicken they can find, a sack of rice, two onions, six brown eggs, and a refill of lard. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked Dr. Tamba if he knew where we could get some rice and fish stew in palm oil, some cassava leaves or okra soup. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Abuela bakes four chickens and boils a big pot of white rice. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The rice, the beef stew, and the fried eggplant are all simmering in the oven. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “It could not have been more than four cups of rice,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After that, we’d go to the grocery store at the bottom of the hill and stock up on staples such as beans and rice, powdered milk, and canned goods. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Later he returned with fried-fish soup, rice, and a bucket of water. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I hold tight to the water jug, but the beans and rice tilts and half of it falls into the stinky water below. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Here was the menu: smothered chicken, rice and gravy, butter beans, sliced tomatoes, biscuits, and candlelight. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He waited until I had sat down to eat and then would demand another bowl of rice. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning it was necessary that there be more money for they spent the last copper coin upon the morning’s rice. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “We come for rice. Look, here is our money.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Pima went away and came back a little while later with a pot of rice and beans and then surprised Nailer again with a stick of grilled pigeon. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And every year they took the leftovers—the fat pieces of meat, the rice and beans, the bottles of soft drink and maltina and beer—home with them afterward. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I slowly rolled the spicy yellow mixture of rice and vegetables and meat into little balls with my fingers and licked the sauce off my hands. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Pa puts the rice in a bag, inside a container, and hides it beneath a small pile of clothes so that the other villagers cannot see it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She offered to go out, to buy something from the deli, but Rohin said he wasn’t very hungry, and accepted one of the rice cakes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Returns with a dish full of jasmine rice with three chunks of butter melting into it. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Then he bends down and lifts the lid of the rice pot next to Pa’s feet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The walking had been easy so far; after he had climbed over the mountain nearest Ch’ulp’o, the terrain had flattened out into endless rice fields. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z China had developed intensive agriculture based on millets in the north and rice in the south, and with domestic pigs, chickens, and water buffalo. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The moon had risen, and rice was simmering on the clay stove when Neel spotted him coming into the courtyard. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, the most important cereal crops of eastern Asia and of the New World—rice and corn, respectively—had a lower protein content that posed significant nutritional problems. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I place the rice near her and leave before she can say anything. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I took both our plates into the kitchen, where the platters of kabob and rice took up every square inch of available counter space. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I’m just waiting for the rice to finish cooking.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Next came fried rice with pork, cooked a delicious brown, with a nutty, meaty flavor. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel proud when I get through a whole day with only a bite of beef and a few spoonfuls of rice and a glass of melon juice. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z People arrive at the church with smaller bundles of beans, oil, rice, and lentils. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “The first thing I’ll be teaching you to cook is rice with potatoes. In my language, we call it tahari. It’s very simple and quick.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Even those few Australians got to see only a fraction of Macassan culture and technology, rather than a full Macassan society with rice fields, pigs, villages, and workshops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They eat only rice and dal and vegetables, plainly prepared. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The final bowl contains payesh, a warm rice pudding Ashima will prepare for him to eat on each of his birthdays as a child, as an adult even, alongside a slice of bakery cake. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “We can trade butter and sugar for rice. Everyone in Japan, they think of rice day and night,” Jiichan was saying. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Let’s pretend that we think the rice is safe and we are letting it cool.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He put the flint stones back into the pouch, then ate a rice cake from the bag, wrinkling his nose a little at the first bite. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Miss Betty sent me to the corner for the rest of the hour to pray for my own soul while kneeling on grains of uncooked rice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Minli remade her compass with her rabbit rice bowl and followed the needle’s pointed direction. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She did not let her leftover jollof rice warm properly but ate it all from the pot, drank two cold bottles of beer, and still did not feel sated. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This mother can carry a hundred pounds of Texas rice up- and downstairs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe a little more than rice cakes this time,” I said cheerfully, winking at the boy. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z And so long as people wanted only a can of tomatoes or a pound of rice it was all right. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The store was empty except for a small bag of rice in the corner; weevils crawled all over it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I nibble on the last clump of cooked rice from my sack. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Well, get to cleaning this rice up, you two.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Tonight while we’re eating the chicken cooked too long and rice not cooked enough, I’m missing Mama’s neckbones, gravy, and cornbread bad. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z When he got home, Mama would need to tell him that the debils had left us with no crop to sell, no rice to eat, and no seed for next year’s planting. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He made her bring him extra portions of rice, or cans of the syrupy fruit they served. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z But even the teachers got some—the best kebab in Isfahan, with buttered rice and roasted tomatoes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z At one home, you stood entranced as a woman showed a girl how to let rice flour fall evenly through her fingers to make the patterns with smooth white lines. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z With our small bag of rice dwindling, Kim is as good as Pa was at rationing our food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, Ugwu kept Olanna’s plate aside on the Formica counter and emptied the rest, watching rice, stew, greens, and bones slide into the dustbin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Piles of vegetables and what looked like rice, but smaller. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Hastily, she took a swig of coffee and gobbled down a few spoonfuls of the rice, which was light and creamy and fluffy as clouds, with a hint of ginger and red chunks of sausage. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Do you have any more rice pudding cups, the big ones?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When the three Marshes came upstairs, my mom had put out rice and beans. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Instead, highly productive agriculture enabled a modest number of immigrant rice farmers to reproduce much faster than Jomon hunter-gatherers and eventually to outnumber them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When we went back the young woman, still with the child at her hip, was straining the rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “We are nice people here. We will let you buy on credit. A man bringing your rice just now. You tell the man your name, and he will give credit to you.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It is an amazing sight to see as many as thirty young chimpanzees all gathering around the Congolese staff for their morning mugs of milk or their evening balls of sticky rice. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “The Old Man of the Moon! Another story! Our house is bare and our rice hardly fills our bowls, but we have plenty of stories.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He scoops some rice or beans out of buckets of food left in the pantry or eats from a can of food he plucks off the shelves. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z In California, for example, the loss of some 60,000 game fish, mostly blue- gill and other sunfish, followed an attempt to control the rice- leaf miner with dieldrin. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They hover by his shoulder as he leans over a plate of rice at dinnertime or nestles against Ashima’s limbs at night. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, go to bed, you kids. I don’t have to work today. I’ll lie down for a while myself before I buy the rice. Take any bed you want.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He loved rather to take his roll of bread and garlic to the field and stand there eating, planning and thinking, “Here shall I put the black-eyed peas and here the young rice beds.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z This is where she’d smile and change the subject to the price of silver polish or white rice. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “It is for my master’s mother, jollof rice with fried chicken.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The basket was on the floor under Hanako’s feet, and her grandfather had pushed the other bag of rice under the seat in front of them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I waited for my dad to counter, and when he didn’t, I hesitantly picked up my fork and poked it into my rice. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z But Jiichan was talking: “Must go to market for rice, and then catch train.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We threw rice at weddings, we laid wreaths at funerals. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother kept all of us on a diet of rice and guava leaves in the form of hourly cups of steamy tea, with sugarcane swizzle sticks. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I looked down at the jollof rice, fried plantains, and half of a drumstick on my plate and tried to concentrate, tried to get the food down. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Pa gently cleans my face with his hand, then takes the rice pot from me and says I only have to carry myself for the rest of the trip. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For breakfast we had waffles and bacon and eggs, and her mom looked at me curiously when I said, “But where’s the rice?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She calls Ashoke at his department to ask him to pick up the rice on his way home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He had peeled and pounded yams and cassava, blown out the husks in rice, picked out the weevils from beans, peeled onions, and ground peppers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Although every night I leave a bowl heaped with rice on the counter for her, every morning I find it sitting untouched. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z "But won’t people try to take the rice?" a servant protested. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In many areas, they relied on just a single staple, such as wheat, potatoes or rice. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The rice was harvested, and the poor were allowed to glean the fields for fallen grain-heads. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z But of course, rice seedlings can’t be planted in hard clay, so on top of the clay, there has to be a thick, soft layer of mud. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The silk was finer, the air cleaner, the rice sweeter, the fields more fertile, the girls prettier, the boys stronger when he was a young man. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Dreams of sunny days with Besa and the fiery sun over the rice fields floated above her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When I'm done shopping, Amit buys a turmeric-stained cardboard container of lentils, egg, and rice, and we head back to the car to share it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z What if they ran out of rice and regretted giving away these cakes that tasted like nothing? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There was a stony silence as Ba looked sadly into his rice bowl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He rushed off to the bathroom while I finished the soft, tender rice, then nodded at the pot on the stove as I stood up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He stood at the door of an inn where travellers met, silently begged for food and silently accepted a piece of rice cake. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z She laid these out and began serving the rice and dhal, generous portions such as we ate at harvest times and ours larger than theirs. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Waiting for him to lecture me about you being in heaven, I chewed a mouthful of rice. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Bananas, Asian yams, and taro were already widespread in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1400s, and Asian rice was established on the coast of East Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We can no longer afford to eat plain rice but have to mix it with mushrooms, banana stocks, and other leaves. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who knows. Perhaps they can drain it, tighten the soil; they have resources beyond our imagining. Or perhaps they wish to grow rice for their own men.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z After a lunch of rice and beans, they pulled me into the dining room and shut the door tight. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When he returned home that evening, instead of giving the stone to his mother as he had planned, he slipped it into the half-empty rice jar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Afraid that the crunch of uncooked rice might wake the others, I softened the grains with saliva. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw that there was a bowl of rice ready for Sassur when his chanting was finished. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Once I’m inside, Grandma immediately urges me to the dining table, where soup, rice, and a lot of banchan, Korean side dishes, are set out for one person. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “All I have to help me is Tidbit, and that’s about as much help as a rabbit in the rice field!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he blurted out, “We will need to have more rice!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They went about their business, scolding children or adding up expenses or picking stones out of the evening rice. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I soak kidney beans, and wash the rice and set it aside. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I slept for a while, woke up and fed Sammy a little rice, slept awhile more, and then woke up for good as the sun rose over the fields. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We sell mostly to other vendors, collecting twelve ounces of rice for five sweet cakes or ten cookies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can bring you some style rice,” I said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I sort of used a lot of that canned stuff, though. I like that Spanish rice they got and that spaghetti with the tomato gravy.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I cannot see into the pot and my mouth salivates at the smell of the rice and fish. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They cooked a cup of rice to eat, but neither Con nor Kaede had much experience with cooking, and the rice began to burn. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She looked too flabbergasted that the rice was gone. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We ate Doña Ana’s rice and beans with stringy fried chicken and waited in the yard, huddled together. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z And why did I think of Arnold in the first place—when my mother looked in my rice bowl— and then come to hate him so much? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s refusing to eat, only interested in throwing handfuls of rice off the edge of his tray. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Elbows flew as everyone scooped the mushy rice and black beans topped with avocado picked from the tree in our courtyard. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There were Indian shopkeepers, traders, and rice growers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z We also ate a lot of rice mixed with jack mackerel, which Mom said was excellent brain food. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z On the long table sit two pots, one full of rice and the other salted grilled fish. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No more bowls loaded with fluffy white rice hiding small pieces of meat. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what went wrong. We both taught her over and over again, but she always messes up rice. If you can’t make rice, you can’t cook.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z And, as if Yishan were no more than a sack of rice, he tossed the boy to the floor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A can of spinach, two cans of green beans, a box of rice and another of instant mashed potatoes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z But the extra visitors left just as a huge tray of dinner appeared, hunks of baked lamb surrounded by rice and pine nuts. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We walked quietly inside for another meal of sardines and rice. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Twisting Twisting Mother measures rice grains left in the bin. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Mama shrugged, then scooped up the warm rice and covered it with a lid. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I headed for the cupboard and grabbed a bag of mini rice cakes, an inspired-by-sawdust snack food that my mom tries to pass off as a worthy substitute for chips. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I finish rinsing the rice until the tiny grains are sitting in a pool of cold clear water. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “Frowning like a rice pot will get you nowhere. Men require that you caress them with your expression.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When it is my turn to receive the food, I watch anxiously as the cook stirs the rice soup. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have children, too. 4 have heart. I give you your half cup of rice today, but you must put your X here, and here—double credit for the boy who doesn’t work yet.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa occasionally used some money to buy more rice and once even surprised them by giving Mama money to buy one-day-old fish when the fish seller bicycled down the street ringing his bell. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He kicked the rice balls at her as she flinched in dismay. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z In the morning she was there as well, feeding me rice porridge flavored with chicken broth she had strained herself. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the thatched-roof cooking huts, women sang while they pounded rice in mortars. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I keep trying, but I can’t get any rice in my mouth. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z My sisters, Cecile, and I would eat egg rolls, white rice, bean pies, and fried fish before we spent another penny in the stores of the no sayers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z With my eyes still closed, the rice ball works itself slowly down my dry throat and quiets my hunger. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cupboard is bare except for a bag of dried rice, some sugar, and spices. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My father tells stories about hitchhiking in pickups across the countryside to Lake Malawi, where he bought bundles of dried fish, rice, and used clothing, to sell back in the Dowa market. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z That night we went out to an Indian restaurant, and I was happy that someone in this part of the world serves rice. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I peeked inside and saw a fresh tortilla, stuffed with rice and beans and onion and red salsa and green cilantro and grilled chicken. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It is difficult to overstate the importance of rice in North Korean culture. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z There was a man who distilled his own wine three rooms down—he used mess hall rice and canned apricot juice—they heard him weeping late on their third night while his wife threatened him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z On one side hung two pairs of sandals; on the other, a small gourd water dipper and a bag to be filled with rice cakes. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They invariably came out at midday for their meal, and we would sit with them for a few minutes, talking while they ate their rice and enjoying the rest. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z When I'm all clean and back in the room, my uncle brings me rice and yellow lentils. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He scooped up a spoonful of rice and said something to Mom in Farsi, who shook her head and answered in Farsi too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The rice was a little overcooked—her fault!—but it still tasted very good, and even the vegetables seemed delicious. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Either rice and beans or rice and lentils. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So many appetites wake up that Brother Vu just has time to cook rice and serve it with plain fish sauce. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Fiercely, she scrubbed out her alpana design until no traces of the rice powder remained on the threshold. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z I put a scoop of rice and beans in my bowl. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z But the rice he reaped from the land of the Hwangs brought him twice as much as that from his own rice land. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Eventually, they became such good friends that they even ate leftovers—beans, rice, and potatoes—from the same plate. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The dragon watched as Minli stirred the big pot of rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Finishing his rice, Ralph handed his bowl to Helen without so much as glancing her way; absentmindedly, elbow on the table, he awaited its return. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z We take the rice and spices into the kitchen, where Mama and Salma Auntie are stacking storage containers in the cabinets. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Nana had dyed them with saffron powder, boiling them in pots usually reserved for rice and pasta. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Red Cross brought plastic tarps and blankets from its headquarters in Saigon, as well as a little water, rice, and meat, but not nearly enough. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The “sickness” comes in the spring, at the time the rice fields are seeded. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As for the rice, Mama was right—it was all I seemed to be hungry for lately. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z After bowing three times before the red altar decorated with gold and silver Chinese symbols of peace and happiness, they inserted the incense into a yellow clay bowl filled with rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can I come this weekend so we can cook coconut rice? Fll do the cooking,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She devoured the entire bowl, the crushed-pistachio topping, the tiny rice noodles at the bottom. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “You better be careful out there,” she says, setting a plate of pinto beans, rice, and pork chops down on the table. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I thought of those unfinished mouthfuls of rice, and then the grains that lined my bowl the day before, and the day before that. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were done, Hanako stared at the rice, because she wanted to remember forever how pretty it all looked. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I try as carefully and as quietly as possible to scrape the rice kernels that cling like drowning victims to the sides of the bowl. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z One day she cries when she goes to the kitchen to make dinner and discovers that they’ve run out of rice. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Cato replied seriously, “No, little one. Don’t nobody go back to Africa. When they put you in the rice fields, you’ll be dead in five years, so don’t matter no how.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The bowl was filled with vegetable rice, and the tray held meat pastries. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Ma said, and her chopsticks struck the inside of her empty rice bowl resentfully. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Finally, we kneeled, huddled together around the fire and passed around the pot, spooning lentils and rice in our mouths, soft and almost salty, big grins spreading over our faces. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes each rice shoot would be individually groomed with a bamboo comb to clear away insects. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Yam and manioc taste lovely blended with rice, she says, and smiles, as if I don’t know how the poor fill their children’s bellies. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His cargo was far more precious than rice. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z My hand reached in and took out a handful of uncooked rice and quickly shoved it into my hungry mouth before anyone woke and made me put it back. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She shows me how much water to add for her husband’s rice. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When he grew weary of gathering rice, he would sit at the edge of the field plaiting handfuls of rice straw to make mats and sandals. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z We each have a roll, half an apple, and an egg-size serving of stew and rice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When it’s my turn, I fill my plate with rice, shami kabob, lentils, and butter chicken, skipping the cauliflower and salad, and pile the naan high before carefully carrying it downstairs to the basement. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “The corn muffins are the same ones from last year. Never, never touch the rice pudding.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Does Eugene think we are starving? Even a bag of rice?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Claudine's limbs whiten like rice grains, and her hair explodes out from the braid I put in, hitting the floor in one cascading wave. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Such as those used to carry rice, only perhaps double thickness, lined with more straw and silk. The vases would be well protected.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I glanced at Dad, but he was too busy shoveling rice into his mouth to comment on my math grades. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I listened to all the sounds of the market, vendors calling out prices, children laughing and crying, the rush of dried spices, beans, and rice being poured into bags. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As Shin watched his mother cook, he guessed she must have stolen the rice, a few grains at a time, from the farm where she worked and secreted it away in her house. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Uncle Leang reaches into his bag and pulls out some sweet rice cakes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She banged a plateful of rice and beans in front of him, a fork, a glass of water. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Aii, Lena,” she had said after that dinner so many years ago, “your future husband have one pock mark for every rice you not finish.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z If you left a bowl with even a few grains of rice, you would find it covered with hungry flies so thick it looked like a living bowl of black bean soup. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma shakes her head and brings Grandpa some soup and rice also. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z While I'm dishing up two more small servings of lamb stew and rice, we hear the anthem begin to play. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He merely held out a bowl in which he had placed a small mound of rice and a little pile of boiled greens. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I clank my spoon against the bowl, scraping the sticky rice from the sides. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Then, very slowly, he ate the piece of meat roasted with onions, the white rice, and the slices of fried bananas all on the same plate together. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Although rice was the most important Yayoi crop, 27 other crops new to Japan plus unquestionably domesticated pigs were grown as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m still comfortably full of the rice, but whatever Mrs. Park is cooking inside smells delicious. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Each serving is accompanied by perfectly round scoops of white rice. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Should we start on the rice while the chicken is cooking?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “This woman. She is a healer, near Tu Do Street. She works in exchange for rice wine. All the time, drunk.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Yesterday Mrs. van D. was talking about the rice we gave Mr. Kleiman. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Then she sat at the kotatsu and ate rice and carrots in her pretty bowl. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I baked a fish in leaves, and ate a small, precious amount of wild rice. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Plates, cups, spoons, pot lids, the heavy aluminum rice pot, the frying pan, all half submerged in gray water with a greasy scum floating on the top. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She added and subtracted endlessly, determining what she would need and not need, cooking rice and beans each week, and heating up small portions in the microwave for lunch and dinner. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “A small bowl of rice every other day,” Amah said, taking the bowl, “does not seem like good feeding to me.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He brought a little woven straw bag of red beans and a gourd full of rice. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not so hungry today. You eat my rice,” she would say to me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She took the little boy into her lap and began to feed him his rice. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z During times of famine or drought, he never gave one spoonful of rice to a starving child, even though his jars were overflowing with grains. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I swear—” He shook the rice angrily from his fingers and pushed the plate away, spilling sauce and rice on the sofrah. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He was cooking cow feet stew and dirty rice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Baba's prepared his usual for dinner—fish, rice, and lentils—and stocked the fridge with necessities. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I made him change his clothes and then fixed us a dinner of fried rice from some leftovers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew people sold wheat and rice on the black market, because she had seen it on the tables. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The puffed rice Mrs. Das had spilled was scattered at his feet, raked over by the monkeys’ hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I could get food for those. I know a girl who would like those, and her family has rice.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They had two children who never got anything special except a little rice candy, even before camp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Not only is there stew, but also curried chicken, lentils, rice with vegetables, naan, salad, and yogurt sauce. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z A few people walking by point and stare, and I wish we had magic beans and rice to make us disappear. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Jaja picks up the spoon and starts to wolf the rice down again. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I no longer bum the rice or add too much salt or forget to sweep under the sofa. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On some nights when we really need it, Pa allows Ma to cook a tiny portion of the rice and mask the smell by burning damp, decayed leaves in the fire. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At my house, rice boils in a plastic bag or gets heated in the microwave. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I cook sweet rice pudding with milk and cinnamon for lunch, which at least makes Jaimito happy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned it was a mixture of com, turnips and rice, seasoned with thyme, bay leaf and green peppers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s measure two cups of rice in this bowl.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He ate his evening rice all stained as he was with the earth and unwillingly he washed himself even before he slept. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He heard his voice saying, "You'll be having rice pudding, then, I would imagine, Miss Forester." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She says that even our rice cooker needs a night off every now and then. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The smell from it, rich and tempting, swirled up with the puffs of steam from the boiling rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Her grandparents had a little rice left, but it was not for Hanako to give away. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If I didn’t know better, I would assume my mom messes up the rice so she can get out of cooking. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z And I thought of a mean neighbor boy who had tiny pits in his cheeks, and it was true, those marks were the size of rice grains. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Bowls of rice as big as Uttar Pradesh. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I slipped two jars of chicken and rice into my pockets. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Jinjoo quickly counted twelve rice balls and handed out one each to her brothers and sister before hurriedly eating her own. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z To fight death, the new people work hard planting rice and vegetables. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The doctor is very good to us and gives us rice and dhal. Today she sent extra for you.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z And as he went he heard his uncle’s whispered laughter as he stooped again over his rice bowl. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Wow, Grandma is the best cook,” I say, devouring a huge scoop of rice and soup. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Grandma says, “He can have egg and rice for breakfast. And then, we’ll see.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z We shared our rice balls and seaweed with her, and she shared sandwiches with me and Sam. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When the sun began to set and Minli went home to make dinner, she quickly washed and made the rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He used his spoon to pick the meat off a chicken leg and scoop it up with some rice. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Khouy occasionally works as a laborer, helping people carry and load heavy bags of cloth, fruit, and rice from their wagon to the new market for a small fee. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom shrieks as she rips open a bag of rice and pours it into the sink. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Next to the bamboo stick is a bowl of rice and some salted eggs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re all as quiet as a steaming pot of rice as we wait to see Papi's reaction to hearing the word “husbands.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The family has many fifty-pound sackcloth bags of rice hidden in their corner of the hut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He is wrapping rice and little anchovies in my favorite kim, little flat squares of salty, crispy seaweed, and says “ah” to me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z With the rice bags on the raft, they floated downstream. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Cases of lentils, chickpeas, rice, beans, and dried foods obstructed the entrance. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “For a bag of rice. And a torch.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was horrified when I saw the apricot syrup seeping through my little mound of rice. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He chewed his rice slowly and examined the bottle of water for a moment, as if it were wine whose vintage he wanted to know. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Now you two go to bed and get some sleep. But, por favor, give me another dollar to buy some rice for tonight. I want my sister’s children to stay and have supper with us.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Ali had served dinner earlier—potatoes and curried cauliflower over rice—and had retired for the night with Hassan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z So even though the rocky land was cold and windy, the family brought their breakfasts of warm rice porridge out to eat. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z During dry seasons they planted tobacco and in wet months, rice. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The rice gathered now would see the poor through the winter months when no wild food grew. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z A rice cooker sits mindfully unplugged on the counter. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But there was only enough cornmeal in the morning for a few mouthfuls of mush, only enough wild rice for a handful each during the day. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Please,” Moss said, standing to take a bowl of rice from Ogonna. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “The rice crop will do well this year, and the market has gone up. Let’s plan on making a bigger harvest next season.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Blocks of ice cream in every flavor you could think of, apple pies, treacle tarts, chocolate eclairs and jam doughnuts', trifle, strawberries, Jell-O, rice pudding ... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Breakfast that morning was a feast—a bit of the rice boiled to a gruel in a castoff earthenware pot, served up in a bowl carved from a gourd. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She wraps her red scarf around her head and walks toward the rice fields. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have had the land,” Sivaji said, “for which you have contracted to pay: so much money, so much rice. These are just dues, I must have them. Would you have me return empty-handed?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z "Look. My rice is topped with a dead fly." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Alex pictured himself climbing the Alps on a breakfast of puffed rice. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z We passed the pot around, spooning in our warm breakfast, and again I couldn’t believe how good the plain undercooked lentils and rice were. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Her father worried that if they left Incheon, he would not be able to make enough money to buy rice, like so many other poor Koreans. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “If you have rice, I would be so grateful! What is it that you eat every night?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Hanako was feeling guilty now that she hadn’t given them just a little rice, or even asked him to stay and warm up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z To go shopping, people bring a bag of rice with them and use it to barter for the items they want. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I began turning the pages, filled with photos of rivers and rice fields and men in military uniforms. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z They ate at sea—the cod, the clams, ginger rice, yarrow tea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He returned with four sizzling skewers of kabob, fresh naan, and a bowl of white rice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, though, in the evening when we are waiting for a little rice to cook, we talk. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And he reaped his wheat and the rains came and the young green rice was set into the flooded fields and again it was summer. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The rouge and rice powder had given her face a silky brown-sugar finish. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I could even smell China, and it was the smell of food cooking, of steam rising from so many rice bowls it hung in a mist over the land. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Doha missed eating plain white rice, but he knew of so many who had so much less. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z From each harvest we saved, and had gunny sacks full of the husked rice stored away in our small stone-lined granary. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be many months before the rice was harvested and the poor allowed to glean the fallen grain from the bare fields. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He was holding the blue rice bowl with the white rabbit painted on it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I put the rice in my sari, tuck the precious load securely in at the waist. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d cooked my favorite meal of salmon and rice that evening, but I had no appetite. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We had bread and tea for breakfast, rice and soup for both lunch and dinner. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was only rice and beans with corn tortillas, but it made me feel like a king. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The door opened, and an old man and an old woman came out carrying bowls of rice and soup and a leafy branch of peaches. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave each woman a bagful of rice, which they sat on. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, he found three bowls of cooked rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I sit on my can of flour, fingers working a bag of dry rice. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Who else would work the rice fields, the tomato fields, the cane fields, litde stupid?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They were planning this year’s sugaring, a time everyone looked forward to with joy and excitement, as much as ricing, maybe even more. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Teach her to wash rice properly so that the water runs clear. Her husband cannot eat muddy rice,” she’d say to a cook servant. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We were on the verandah, picking the stones out of rice. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She collected the stems of wild ginger for seasoning rice and yarrow leaves for tea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z "Clean water to drink. "A big plate of rice and beans every day. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She is setting out the cylindrical food flask full of jollof rice and chicken. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Shin paid for the meal with the last of the money he had received for his stolen rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I would have had to stick my iPhone in a bag of rice from all the water damage it would have incurred from my tears. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Joon and I look up from our breakfast bowls of rice and seaweed soup. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I rip it open at once and inside there's a feast -fresh rolls, goat cheese, apples, and best of all, a tureen of that incredible lamb stew on wild rice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A square of night sky, the same deep blue of the stolen rabbit rice bowl, was framed on the storage room wall. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The streets were crowded and bustling; the city seemed to be bubbling with people like boiling rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He says there’s enough rice and water for three weeks, but rescue should happen much earlier. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z For nourishment patients were given “veal or chicken broth, creamed rice, and tapioca.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He walked in and sat down before a plate of rice, green beans, and what appeared to be very small chickens. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The cooks used to serve us rice gruel, but now there are only enough grains in the pot to make soup. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They squatted in the road and ate cold rice and cold beans that they’d cooked days ago. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “An old woman and a skeleton,” he said, looking at them as if they were rice maggots. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Do you always eat rice with a fork and a knife and napkins?” she asked, turning to watch me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Eat all your rice, Daughter,” he said, and with his shaking hands, he scooped the last of his own rice to feed the fish. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She stared at him in shock the first time he cleaned her flat and cooked jollof rice for her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z With her earnings Irawaddy was able to buy rice and salt, and milk for the child, who was too weak for anything else. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z As they unrolled the leather ground cover to sit at the side of the road, they found a package with a generous supply of rice balls, most likely smuggled in by Sifen or Old Sai. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Tears would fill my eyes, and even though I was very hungry, the rice would form a lump in my throat as I tried to force it down. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z At lunch, I sat by myself and ate my rice, because Susie had been called into the principal’s office. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Sitting in the shade, we eat our meal of thin rice soup and salted fish in silence. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he saves his sweets for me, but not rice kheer. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He had a cup of coffee and a piece of Tío Lalo’s rice with coconut and raisins then kissed me on the forehead. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z After the chop suey, rice, and tea were all gone, he leaned back and took out a pack of cigarettes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the damp bags from him and poured half lentils and half rice into the pot. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then her mother puts a plate of food in front of me, tells me how much she knows I love her rice and chicken. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “We can stretch the rice and beans for two meals each,” she said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “I am a little tired...besides it does not take two to buy rice cakes.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He had invented what he imagined was fried rice, frying the rice in groundnut oil, and had half hoped it would send them both to the toilet in a hurry. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She sat alone at her bare dining table—even her table mats were in his house—and ate the rice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z That evening she went out and bought enchiladas, rice, and beans. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Better, ten kilos of rice and two bars of soap,” she said, which we do need badly, but I despaired for an imaginary windfall that would bring nothing but more white starch into this house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The fragrance of cooking rice wafted down the hospital hall. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen where he fed me rice and fish, kamayan style—with his hands, no utensils. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She swept the dust outside and returned with a small pot of rice and lentils, still warm from the midday meal. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z And with all Wang Lung’s pulling and running before his ricksha and with all O-lan’s begging, they never could gain enough to cook rice daily in their own hut. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It was the sight of the impatient Two Strike Girl dancing the rice that Omakayas would remember long after, in the deep winter of the year. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “It is for Lagurie only. Only the cutter gets paid. But Lagurie, he will buy us small rice for our help.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pheasant sickness” became a well-known phenomenon: birds “seek water, become paralyzed, and are found on the ditch banks and rice checks quivering,” according to one observer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Every so often, Henry will look up, catch Alex’s eye, go pink around the ears, and return to his rice pilaf as if it’s the most fascinating dish on the planet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Without rice, you don’t survive. If you want to be anyone in this part of China, you would have to have rice. It made the world go around.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He sat next to me, his plate piled twice as high as my own with rice and stew. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Running over to a bark-lined pit in the ground, she jumped in and began treading rice with a frantic pace that made everyone around her laugh. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Men were seated around the large oak table, which was crowded with bottles of wine and liquor, with dishes of rice and meat and salads. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Not after they left, while my mom made chicken with rice, which is my favorite. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A few hours later, while Chou and I feed the children their lunch of rice and fish, we watch the father walk up to Kim as he waters the garden. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I stuck a handful of rice cakes in my mouth and started munching. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Olanna stared at the rice grains on the ground and wondered how her mother could have worked herself up like this over them and if her mother really believed her own outrage. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Or was this a wifely game that she did not know about, a daily ritual, like soaking rice or making dough? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Come with me and rest, I will prepare the rice.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He feels guilty throwing out the food; were it his father in his place, he would have packed the spare rice and tea bags into his suitcase. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings, the stink of sugarcane coats Celia’s nostrils and throat, sweetening her meat and rice and the cigarettes she smokes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The two found a fair number of shoes, watches, and coats, which they traded in for soup, mixed vegetables, black beans, and rice for Alex and vodka for Kevin. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Cane, cotton, rice, they grow plenty down there.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Delsa and Norma were supposed to help, but most of the time they refused, especially when I tried to get them to do the unpleasant tasks like changing Raymond’s diaper or scrubbing the rice pot. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She placed fluffy rice in each box, and on top of that the okoge. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They dangled the tiers from one handlebar and the rice kettle from the other. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z One side of her mouth swallows the rice gruel while the other side drools and spits the food back out. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z While she gathered plants, he watched the cattle grazing in the tall yellow rice grass that grew above the arroyo just to the edge of the juniper trees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He carried a steamer platter of kebobs and rice and plopped it down in front of them. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She was cooking coconut rice, her apartment thick with spices, a bottle of cheap merlot on her counter, and Nina Simone playing loudly on her CD. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Then you know that Rameel’s ministry consists of more talk about rice and grain than about Jesus?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He wove in and out, around people and bins of rice, each step taking them closer to the unused areas of the city. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z In my mind, I pray real hard that there’s no beans and rice over there! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z So one day they took back to their cave a delicately painted set of rice bowls, another day a little footstool with a velvet cushion and two new wedding blankets. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z If she didn’t tend to the house, she was apt to find clothes, shoes, open rice bags, cans of beans, and dirty dishes strewn about everywhere. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She opened the pot of rice and closed it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She took a bath in a spring to wash away her tears, and a Great Spirit appeared to her with armfuls of sugarcane and rice. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z There was no pot of yellow rice and fish and the boy knew this too. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Pinmei had not realized how long it had been winter until she was getting the rice for dinner. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Her tone was so subdued she might have been telling me to cook a pot of rice. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Tree-ear knew that the rice must be from last year’s crop; in the fields surrounding the village this season’s rice had only just begun to grow. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Wednesday evening, August 3— we got real chicken and rice tonight! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, though, he wanted to cook a perfect meal, a savory jollof rice or his special stew with arigbe, to show her how well he could cook. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes the toasted rice pops like popcorn, leaving little white fluffy clouds in the tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z There were bowls of chicken and rice, spinach and lamb, big crunchy apples, pretty yellow cakes, and big kettles of sweet milky tea. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Pinmei felt the stinging feeling of the rice jar return, its numbness spreading over her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Jiichan seemed reluctant to let the conductor touch the rice and basket, so he simply threw them down and quickly jumped off. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Amaka would divide the rice into smaller portions to blow the chaff out afterward. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Wait a bit,” I said, as he began to wrap the rice cake in a plantain leaf. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also jealous that his brother was getting rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I drifted at last into uneasy sleep, and dreamt many evil dreams, and in one I saw a shadowy figure with no face creeping into our hut and bearing away the ten ollocks of rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay went back for more soup, but all I wanted was more rice. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The smell of the rice boiling, the feel of my knife cutting through a fresh tomato, the sizzle of onions and mustard seed hitting the pan. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Every year North Korea needs to produce more than five million tons of rice and cereal grain to feed its twenty-three million people. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Ashima regrets that the plate on which the rice is heaped is melamine, not silver or brass or at the very least stainless-steel. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Vendors will peddle amulets for the reverent and give away pouches of throwing rice for the children. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z An expanse of pressed popcorn, of tasteless rice cakes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They cringed, but the rice fell upon them without mercy, melting into their skin. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Next to a plate offering the gods beans and rice is her black midwife bag. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The rabbit looked extremely like the one painted on her blue rice bowl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Then she filled her rice bowl halfway with water and let the bamboo float in it. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z They sat at the table, the rice cakes between them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The earth of that piece was wet and rich and the rice grew on it as weeds grow where they are not wanted. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z My eyes widen and my mouth waters at the sight of the roasted sesame seeds sprinkled over sweet rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On a large tray called seder, they spread fresh flatbread, layered with yellow saffron rice. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z She then enlisted my father—the family’s resident artist—to paint a series of orange flames on pieces of very thin rice paper, which, when backlit with a lightbulb, made for a half-convincing fire. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She gives Chicho a huge helping of black beans and a huge mound of white rice and fried steak smothered with fried onions, and an entire plate of sweet fried plantains. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I took out my dish of rice and a spoon and sat it beside my thermos of tea. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Nguyen’s father told her to kill, pluck, and cook one of their chickens, so everyone could have rice and a little meat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And so it was that Colin dined that evening primarily on rice and green beans. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Mami fed us broths, and in the evening, a bland, watery boiled rice that at least stuck to our bellies and calmed the roiling inside. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Their leftovers are a feast! White rice and chicken! Look Pa, there’s even meat left on the chicken!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He also took a stack of chapatis and a big bag of dry rice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If during the orientation program we’d begun to feel some ownership of the space, we were now a glaring anomaly—poppy seeds in a bowl of rice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I know now that Mama was starving and gave me her rice so that I would not starve with her. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z We cooked quietly and afterward I spooned the fried vegetables and rice in bowls. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The chocolaty sauce of the chicken enchiladas spilled out of the rolled-up tortillas and mixed in with the rice and beans, making the dish extra delicious. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Then Father and I would cut the bamboo strips and the rice paper and slowly construct the model. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z My turn came: the level of the rice was already fallen so low that it was only by going close to the vessels that I could see any rice at all. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the raw rice back into my bag and started walking down the dirt road to find a suitable place to sit for the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She lets the thick tendrils of rice noodle hang for a moment before slurping them up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We had black beans and oxtails and collard greens and rice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Now I brought out the stores I had put by month after month—rice and dhal and ghee, jars of oil, betel leaf, areca nuts, chewing tobacco and copra. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Staring at the rice pot, I let out a breath of hopelessness when I see her take the ladle and stir the soup at my turn. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They placed themselves a far distance from the rice, yet still within sight, put out the fire, and pretended to go to sleep. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Markets in the city were booming with abundant supplies of dried, fresh, and processed foods, including milled rice, tofu, crackers, cakes, and meat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Ralph made a nutritious meal of split peas, rice, and lentils before moving on to another room where he found an open jar of library paste—delicious! Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Silver offers me a fluffy white rice cake, which tastes like a salty cloud. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The new work camp sits at the edge of a rice field and is surrounded by forest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If the brain were this plate, he said, we’re using this grain of rice. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z But the steam-filled air was bursting with the scents of turmeric and dill and rice and salmon and dried Persian limes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Still, my cousins eat my stewed turkey, my rice and beans, cassava fritters, fried plantains, and the best one of all, my soup joumou. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Among the Japanese, of course, rice is never eaten with sweet foods, only with salty or savory foods. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your husband needs milk and vegetables and butter, not plain rice day after day.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z And, when the cloud- white rice was finished, Ma took her chopsticks and fed the fish from her bowl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Some developments spread from south to north in China, especially iron smelting and rice cultivation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps,” Amah said, but she did not laugh as she swallowed her rice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z To entice people to come to them, they offered up bags of rice if you signed up. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She handed me a rough clay bowl full of steaming vegetables, seasoned rice, and a crusty chunk of bread, and I thanked her and moved on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She made him a big pot of rice and cowpeas, and he set off the next morning. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon the table is filled with his father’s hand-held vacuum, the rice cooker, the tape player, the television, the curtains still attached to their collapsible plastic rods. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Like the sheaves of rice in Joseph’s dream, like a press of eager natives petitioning an English magistrate, the old houses had been arranged around the History House in attitudes of deference. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, too, that he was ashamed for stealing rice and clothing from poor North Koreans during his flight out of the country. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She told them to try rice gruel flavored with cinnamon or currant jelly. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “They all come for rice. I have none to sell, only enough for my wife and children.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But China and Japan never developed that kind of oppressive feudal system, because feudalism simply can’t work in a rice economy. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Ruffling her brother’s hair, Rupa took the sifted rice outside to wash it and put it on the stove. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z But she didn’t feel anything, just a bag of rice. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Each time, she led the way to the suite and they sat on the terrace and ate rice and drank cold beer. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Angkar says our new society will produce many thousand kilograms of a rice surplus within two years. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We had brought cooked rice and a melon to slice. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Then they sat down to a lunch of rice and tsukemono—pickled vegetables. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “It was stupid not to let MacArthur finish off those rice eaters. Push ’em back.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyushu would have seemed a paradise to Korean rice farmers, because it is warmer and swampier than Korea and hence a better place to grow rice. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At the first sound of shots, Charley Bloom set down a cup of Campbell’s tomato and rice soup and almost sobbed to Linda at the table across from him, “God help us now, it’s beginning.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z During these months, the only act that gives me comfort is rinsing the evening rice, my daily chore. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z When we got home, Sisi brought up our lunch, rice and fried beef, on fawn-colored elegant plates, and Jaja and I ate alone. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t taste as good as rice or cassava, but it was healthier and filled our bellies. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifted the cover from the pot of rice, and steam rose like a thick smoke, veiling her face. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There wasn’t any rice, but Mama bought us whatever we pointed to: hot dogs, fried chicken, orange juice, and ice cream. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never felt the comfortable silence we shared as we cleaned the rice, carefully, because the grains were stunted and sometimes looked like the glassy stones. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Like entering a ghost town, images of Keav telling Pa she will survive, Kim’s swollen cheeks, my hand reaching into the rice container, earthworms writhing in a bowl float before my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He makes saffron rice pudding, stirring patiently, pulling the pot from the fire with a troubadour’s timing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “We have had good luck with rice, brought to us by tanuki. We cannot complain.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Papa had taken some of his cash and bought a bag of rice at the black market in Hiroshima. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The guard crossed the room, took a bowl down from a shelf, and used a spoon to dish the rice pudding from the bucket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Suya cried, and she quickly began to pick up the spilled rice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z New Guineans tamed sugar cane and bananas, while the first West African farmers made African millet, African rice, sorghum and wheat conform to their needs. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He would not come out for meals but took only a handful of cold rice and a chapati or two. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “A bomb went through the roof of the Wuchang Y.M.C.A. building,” he went on, “but they continued to give out free rice as long as they had it.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Zafoona rolled back the tinfoil and eyed the fillet of fish lying on a small pile of yellow rice. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z For once he didn’t comment on my food choices, even though a second helping of rice was a classic dietary indiscretion. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The ancestors of wheat, rice, millet, and barley look like their domesticated descendants; because they are both edible and highly productive, one can easily imagine how the idea of planting them for food came up. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We’re selling squares of her sweet, sticky rice cakes, plus drinks. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z To coax rice out of the stubborn land, the fields had to be flooded with water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed the metal canister of rice Mama kept on the counter, the shaking grains sounding like a rattlesnake’s warning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Ira had been fed well on milk and butter and rice; Arjun too, for he was the first boy. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I said I couldn’t finish my rice; my head didn’t work right when my stomach was too full. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Chantal tries to come in, too, but I only let her taste the rice and beans since that was her one request. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My dad shoveled rice into his mouth, probably to stop himself from saying anything else. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Each stole a twenty-pound bag of rice, and they met in the woods. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Genmaicha is a Japanese green tea with toasted rice in it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z At their feet were piled betel leaves, rice and a host of sweetmeats. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I have no rice with which to buy anything, but still I weave my way around, remembering Phnom Penh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Pima distributed metal tins to the adults, rice and red beans and ground sausage spiced. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me a story about eating something delicious,” the stonecutter said, “so I can imagine I am eating something other than plain rice.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The only food that was available was raw rice in bags that were too heavy to carry and would slow us down. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z To distract her, Mariam arranged grains of rice on the floor, in the shape of a house or a rooster or a star, and let Aziza scatter them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Sefia was handed a steaming mug and a bowl of rice porridge while Archer was whisked to the sick bay. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But, that night, in that kitchen, there were people—people who cared about me, people who might have even loved me—squashed around Fang’s table, eating some tasty homebrewed chicken and rice concoction. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In the canteen, which was nothing special, lots of boys and girls watched while I cried and ate my sandwich, the bread already greasy and the rice cold. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, on top of the mats, she poured the rice, which began, after the mat was properly heated, to give off a most delicate, nutty aroma. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z O-lan had been rinsing the rice bowls with a little water and now she piled them in a corner of the hut and looked up at him from the spot where she squatted. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Staring blankly at my empty rice bowl, I act as if I do not care what she said to me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Keeping an eye on the clock, we bought a little pot of vegetables and rice. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z After eating rice and vegetables, I slept for a long time, preparation for the work ahead. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If there was a penny over and above the price of the rice at the kitchens for the poor, they bought a bit of cabbage. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z For this reason he burned one of the rice trays and had to start it over again. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I unload the groceries, marinate the steaks, cook the rice, and set the table. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Vega’s mami had sent him out to get some rice and green plantains. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Before we leave the next morning, and when my brothers and sister aren’t looking, I grab some of our cooked rice and wrap it up in banana leaves. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “That fishnet will not stop the monkeys from taking the rice,” the dragon said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Laleh ignored all the stews and rice and went straight for the bowl of cucumbers, which she ate whole, like candy bars. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The canister flew across the room and hit a cabinet, spraying rice grains all over Mama’s clean floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Baachan said loudly, “I pray for many rice to feed my grandchildren.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Other boats, selling vegetables, sandals, fried rice, and fizzy drinks, glided past. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She brings over a pot of white rice with vegetable bits sprinkled over it and a plate of chicken patties. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The bowl in his hand was Amah’s special rice bowl! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I wanted to send for Father Goubeaux—I said first thing tomorrow I’d make him Spanish rice—but he just held my hand tighter. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked up to see her father holding a spoonful of rice and meat. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The season would be a poor one, unless the water in the other rice beds had been lower. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z We file past the cafeteria workers to collect our plates of rice and some unrecognizable vegetable stew. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Were you going to eat rice instead of your dinner? I’m sure that was you, Jezebel. You know better.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He spoons the rice into his mouth as quickly as he can. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Our new lunch boxes were the kind we had always dreamed of: bright aluminum with two removable trays, one for rice and one for a meat or vegetable dish. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At last the time came for the rice terraces to be drained and got ready for the next sowing. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z China’s first revolutionaries domesticated rice, millet and pigs. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “We shouldn’t be using that bowl, Pinmei,” Amah said, and Pinmei realized she was holding the blue rice bowl with the white rabbit painted on it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In one triangle was rice, in another meat, and in the third stewed tomatoes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Crane-man picked up a little rice in his fingers, and insistently, but still without a word, began feeding Tree-ear as if he were a baby. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z At the time of his death he had been carrying a pouch of rice, a rifle, and three magazines of ammunition. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Their relatives had kept away and lunch would be the usual rice and stew. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “But for rice. I’ll only work for rice,” he added, bargaining. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He picked up a bowl of rice and pushed it toward Amah. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z For breakfast my parents often made their ochazuke—green tea mixed with rice—from the crusty old rice at the bottom of the pot. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z For the first time, she pushes him through the balmy streets of Cambridge, to Purity Supreme, to buy a bag of white long-grain rice. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I was tired of sardines and rice and just picked at my food. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “A pot of yellow rice with fish. Do you want some?” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mean Lady Ming yelled something mean back to the kitchen, and in ten minutes we had a brown bag smelling of fried rice and chicken wings. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She was searching through another cupboard now, the one with tea and rice and stuff. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z "Eat some chicken before you go. And some rice and beans. I'll make you a tamale. What do you want?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The stewardesses brought us small trays fitted with square plates filled with sauce over chicken, mushy rice, and boiled string beans. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She placed both hands on a rice bag, her eyes closed. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Snakes,” Polly added, thinking of the slaves in the rice fields. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby liked the fish dishes with vegetables and rice. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The teapot and the rice pot seemed bottomless, but perhaps not; the old couple ate very little except for peaches. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “There. Under there. She never comes out. Even to buy rice spirits she sends a runner. Now, can I go?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Throughout history, not surprisingly, the people who grow rice have always worked harder than almost any other kind of farmer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I barely have any breakfast, just some wild rice pudding made with goat’s milk and maple syrup Mr. Grote tapped the day before. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z When Sam finally woke up, I fed him rice balls and water. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z For dessert, there was rice pudding and pepper cookies, which her mom only ever made on Christmas. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I took the rice candy, handing the Hershey’s bar to Silly. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She handed me a small portion of rice. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Eang and the female cousins stay at home and make crepes, sweet cakes, and cookies from corn and wheat, which we exchange for rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And later she also dropped the bags of wheat flour and rice and kept walking like this for many miles, singing songs to her little girls, until she was delirious with pain and fever. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Beginning in the 1950s, scientists developed hybrid strains of wheat, rice, maize, and other crops that were vastly more productive than traditional varieties. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “We have a little rice—it will last us until times are better.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadrack stared at the soft colors that filled these triangles: the lumpy whiteness of rice, the quivering blood tomatoes, the grayish-brown meat. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Shukumar had been going through their supplies steadily, preparing meals for the two of them, measuring out cupfuls of rice, defrosting bags of meat day after day. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Sam sat a few yards away eating rice and doughnuts. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They had heard nothing more about Amari being transferred to the rice fields, so she worked as hard as she could and tried to make herself invisible to anyone in authority. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I knelt before him as Dadi got some water and a bowl of rice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Grilled mackerel, purple rice, spicy bean-sprout soup, and lots and lots of delicious side dishes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z And then she smiled at him, and said, "Mother says that rice pudding in sufficient quantity will help to stave off chills and colds and other autumnal ailments." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Balancing the rice pot on my head, I turn around and look one last time at Pursat City. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was soft enough, my teeth ground the rice grains, producing a sweet taste that slid easily down my throat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen them, photos of Mama when she lived in Spokane, twelve years old and her round face blanched with rice powder. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z We sit around the kitchen table and munch on black beans and rice with steak from the Cuban restaurant in town. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z She soon fell asleep, her head on the dragon’s ball and her hand holding her rice bowl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He found a pouch of rice, a comb, a fingernail clipper, a few soiled piasters, a snapshot of a young woman standing in front of a parked motorcycle. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d fallen off a ladder trying to thatch their roof with yellow rice straw and had broken her back. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The buildings in the city are tall and close together, but the huts are low- lying and widely dispersed in the middle of the rice fields. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So even though the rocky land was cold and windy, the family brought their breakfasts of warm rice porridge out to eat. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z In this school Alba learned to eat boiled vegetables and burnt rice, to withstand the freezing courtyard, sing hymns, and give up worldly vanities except those in the realm of sports. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was looking, Mariam said, for the long wooden spoon she used to stir rice. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “I didn’t let them grow up. I taught them useless things like ancient military strategy. They didn’t even know how to go to the store and buy rice!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s John Jr., carrying in a tray of rice crackers wrapped in roasted nori, salted nuts, strips of dried squid. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t even a single grain of rice in any of them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And then quickly, so quickly that Minli barely thought about it, she turned into the house and grabbed the two copper coins from the white rabbit rice bowl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The same week my mother told me about the rice bowl and my future husband, I saw a shocking film at Sunday school. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z No more mean eyes over the rice bowl, and my stomach keeps the rice inside like a good stomach is supposed to do. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z You finish the grilling yourself, the way you like it, and then wrap the sweetened meat with rice and paste in leaf lettuce, and eat quickly with your hands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents didn’t know genmaicha had toasted rice in it, mostly because I didn’t want Mom to know. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z All eyes turn on the exposed rice container, the lid lies crooked on top and slightly ajar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We got little bags of puffed rice, hemp seeds, and roasted chickpeas. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Wes shouted to Woody, as Woody stood in line to order a carton of fried rice. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Steam rises from the rice cooker, and semicircles of eggplant are sliced and ready to sizzle in the frying pan. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The only thing that my father and his brother had in common was the land that fed us, sheltered us, and provided the rice, palm wine, and shea butter that we sold at the market. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands shook as she poured rice into the boiling water and, as she watched the narrow basmati grains begin to swell, she wondered if they were failing at this, their reconciliatory meal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z So he put all the cats in an empty sack of rice. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Then we walk over to a young man who has sacks filled with rice and all sorts of uncooked grains. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The young woman next to her spoon-feeds the old woman rice gruel. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw them congratulating one another, high joy on the mornings the rice shoots came up. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m ’bout to put this rice and peas back in the Frigidaire.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Don’t say anything—you will be able to pick up the fallen rice after he rounds the bend . A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Mama was slung over his shoulder like the jute sacks of rice his factory workers bought in bulk at the Seme Border. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I got up just before dawn and got the fire going in the stove and put water on to boil and cooked our morning rice. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt continually brought us huge plates of rice, fish, stew, and plantains. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z At twilight, the refugees gather with their blankets, rice pots, plates of fish, thermoses of tea, and eat noisily as the movie begins. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “And yet you are a merchant who deals in rice?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z In the bright light of the moon, the monkeys glanced slyly at them and stole over to the rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Every day I sat by her bed and fed her rice and liver. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Come marry me now, I go give you rice and beans.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “We better get this rice and us cleaned up before Mama gets home.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We sit on chairs with red velvet seats and eat meat loaf with an egg cooked into the middle, chicken croquettes, black beans and white rice, fried plantains, and a salad with avocados. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Tool shrugged, scooped up a handful of rice and meat chunks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We taught the children how to make pot holders out of yarn and how to glue rice, glitter, and tinsel to paper plates to make collages for their folks. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The chief says by all of us working hard to grow rice, we will soon be able to feed the country. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of weeks later they went to Kobe and got more butter and sugar to trade for rice. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Even if the family doesn’t love us, they do feed us a sufficient amount of rice, fish that the boys catch in the river, and vegetables from the garden. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I take another bite of this place’s famous rice. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He dared ask nothing concerning them, but he dragged his load doggedly, and he ate hastily his bowl of rice, and slept the day fitfully through in the hut behind the straw. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Moby shook his head between mouthfuls of rice and beans that he shoveled in with his hand. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Another knot formed in my throat, and I could not get a mouthful of rice down. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Besides increasing advisors, he had authorized the spraying of highly toxic Agent Orange and other defoliants to destroy enemy cover in the jungle, as well as rice crops in areas controlled by the Viet Cong. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “This boy—I was going to give him carrots. He wants rice, but I told him we have none.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Any given block might steam with the scent of chicken and rice or sausage and fries or a simmering vat of chowder. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Chima had skin as dark as the bottom of a burnt pot of rice, and was tall for a boy of seven. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They served themselves, stirring the rice with their forks, squinting as they extracted bay leaves and cloves from the stew. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Me and Mom always get shrimp fried rice, Aunt Sophie gets crab sticks, which I always thought was a weird choice, and King nine times out of ten orders a cheeseburger with two egg rolls. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In the morning, Eunjoo heated the barley tea and poured it into bowls of yesterday’s cold rice and served it with roasted seaweed, sautéed anchovies, and kimchee. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “We married her to a school principal. The rice was cooked in rosewater. The mayor was invited. Everybody washed their fingers in pewter bowls.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I take my first bite—a carefully constructed forkful of chicken, rice, and squash—and mash it into my mouth. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Just in case,” she said, slipping in their simple food of rice wrapped up in leaves and salted boiled eggs. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But these few modern additions have remained of modest importance compared with ancient staples like wheat, corn, and rice. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The rice was judged either too greasy or too dry, the bread declared too doughy or too crispy. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The two men were squat ting on their heels, eating their evening meal, shoveling rice into their mouths with chopsticks, dipping into the large bowl of vegetables and meat that sat between them. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She leaned toward him, close enough to see some white powder from the rice cakes stuck to the comers of his mouth, and picked up the almanac. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The cooks continue to make rice soup in a big pot and serve it to the villagers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And best of all, a big bottle of rice wine. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t need a bowl of magic beans and rice to tell me how to answer. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Some had seen her heading home, others toward the rice fields. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Ashima frets that there will not be enough rice; Gogol and Sonia take people’s coats and put them upstairs, on the guest room bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In the end we bought the fried pancakes, one each, paying six annas for the three, and four annas for two rice cakes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was going to leave this! In case you had rice I could take. I wasn’t going to steal; I would leave you the kimono. It’s worth a lot.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It never failed; even today, with paintings crying and strangers lurking, the scent of her mom’s chicken and rice eased her mind away from all that trouble, at least for a few seconds. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She whisks chicken and rice out of the fridge. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then picking up a cloth bag, she throws bags of sugar, salt, dried fish, uncooked rice, and canned foods into it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the bowls, filled to the top with golden dal and rice, the toasted chapati sitting in the corner. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Our food would be cooked on the gas cooker inside the kitchen, but the metal tripods would balance the big pots that would cook rice and stews and soups for visitors. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I had some of Mama’s Hoppin’ John, a dish of peas and rice cooked together. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We fell on the food, spooning the peppery bean soup ladled over fluffy rice into our mouths. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When they were far enough, the old man tossed the white-rabbit rice bowl at the emperor’s lifeless body. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Moss grabbed his red curry and a box of jasmine rice. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Eleanor wasn't complaining about the grilled cheese either—it was a nice break from bean soup, and beans and rice, and huevosy frijoles. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Good deserves good, urchin. The rice on the ground is yours if you can be troubled to gather it.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Like a feast for a royal family, but it’s really just baked macaroni and cheese, greens, candied yams, and ox tails with white rice. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When she could no longer resist the hunger, Mariam ate the plate of rice and the bread. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z At dinnertime, Jinjoo’s mom gave everyone small servings of rice mixed with barley and beans and told them to make it last. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, I thought that mixed in with the rice you would like it.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Though Negroes apparently live on beans and rice in this area, it is no handicap. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d also made creamed onions, wild rice, cranberry sauce, and squash casserole. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Papa would accept any humiliation or pain or risk any scandal to get some rice and bacon grease. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One night after I been hauling cane for so many weeks that my hands are like leather, I go to the col- mado as always for a cup of rice to feed Donay and me. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the air, the rice, the wind, their relatives casually remark; they were not made to survive in a poor country, they say. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Then you will have to use your father’s gift. Are you sure you wouldn’t like to live here instead? We make excellent lactose-free rice milk.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The plantain leaf was handed to me, the rice placed on top, then the cup of dhal. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I'll never forget the way that man looked when they tossed his grandson in the back of the van like a bag of rice. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t need nothing, but I looked around a bit and at midday got some rice and beans. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma comes back with a bowl of rice and permission to take a few hours off. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it stealing, to wait as Tree-ear had for more rice to fall before alerting the man that his rice bag was leaking? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Ba, tell me the story about Fruitless Mountain again,” Minli would say as her mother spooned their plain rice into bowls. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I took a pumpkin and a few grains of rice to my Goddess, and I wept at her feet. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Out in the kitchen, she saw her mother cooking rice and a seafood stew. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Jang was also given a coveted job on a nearby farm, where there were opportunities to steal corn, rice, and green vegetables. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The Marshes stood awkwardly in the kitchen and stared at the pot of rice and the pot of beans. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Chickpeas with pig’s feet and white rice was one of my favorite dishes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Though we do not have to work, we are given a ration of rice and salt and sometimes fish. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it was time to harvest the wild rice that grew across from the island in the great sloughs of Kakagon, where Mama’s brother and one of her sisters lived. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z We had rice and tortillas with “carne con chile” my favorite dish. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He gave the rice cake to a dog and remained without food. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z "They did leave her in the morning, when the farmers drive their rice carts down the road. And our village does have a reputation in this area for taking in orphans." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I knew exactly what I was doing when I stole the handful of rice from my family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat a bit slouched at one end of the back seat, not offering her puffed rice to anyone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He has brought me more food too—fluffy rice and spicy vegetable curry. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z For bedding, he spread out a thick mattress of dust-free rice straw. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z More rice, for the price of a river. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Support” came in the payment by members of a fee, “stockvel money,” to the host; and in return, they would be given free liquor and “stockvel plates”—dishes of chicken, rice and vegetables. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After twenty minutes the rice had swollen enough and absorbed some water. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Ba nodded back at her and quietly took some rice and dropped it into the fishbowl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Amma dug out a small money pouch from its hiding place, underneath the rice sack. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Many times the family will have special treats such as coconut cake or sweet rice balls for dessert. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He located a bag of puffed rice and a box of Cheerios and threw them into a bag. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Immigration agents picked this place, named after two rice warehouses, because it is so isolated. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It reminded her of Ba, reaching out with his last chopstickful of rice for her fish. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The ground is so wet that farmers grow rice between their rows of corn. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Nicholas had stopped by, too, on his weekly ritual, to eat Sunday rice. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She saw an old woman wasting handfuls of rice, tossing it at passersby, a drooping, toothless smile on her face. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Oh, come now. Everyone takes the girls when he can. The families are glad to be rid of them. ‘Girls are maggots in the rice.’ The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That night for dinner, they were given rice that was mostly barley and grains that made it crunchy. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Watery rice with maggots in it is all they give us here. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z He tugged on his last set of clothes, grabbed the phosphor grease, found the silver earring and the luck bag of rice that he’d been given. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It might tell how many pounds of rice a typical Chinese person eats in a lifetime. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Pa is able to get extra rice in exchange for the gifts he gives to the chief. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Neel’s stomach tightened around the small amount of rice he’d managed to swallow. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Some of it I don’t recognize, but there’s a list on the refrigerator door: stuffing, cranberry sauce, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, black-eyed peas, sweet potato pie, Haitian rice and beans. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z This time, they buy a whole chicken, two pounds of rice, onions, green peppers, and all the sweet plantains in the store. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Kali and Janaki between them had to show me how to milk the goat, how to plant seed, how to chum butter from milk, and how to mull rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying to keep calm, Shin said he had some rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Did I miss the dinner call?” he asked, scanning the empty tin of rice on the table. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Hanako loved the way you could always tell rice was cooking, and yet it had no smell. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “We have squash”—she turns back to the stove—“rice, and chicken.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z ‘A man came to pick our dates and guavas. Another clipped hibiscus. Yes, there I tasted life. Here I eat my dinner from a rice pot.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “No rain will come, nothing will happen until the wedding is over,” he said, when Ugwu took him a plate of rice and meat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I began to leave more rice in my bowl. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The hard rice scrapes down in a dry lump, thus I put a marker on the old woman’s grave. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he came in at noon and at night he ate well of the food which O-lan prepared for him, good rice and cabbage and bean curd, and good garlic rolled into wheat bread. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z In the granary, unused for so long, I stored away half a bag of rice, two measures of dhal and nearly a pound of chillies. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Khouy reports that they mostly load rice and unload arms and ammunition. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the Pigman and I tried one of the chocolates, which tasted a little like candy with crispy rice. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z If you lived in Mexico you ate rice, beans, and corn tortillas. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Mamá Jacinta gives me a giant plate of beans, rice, and shredded beef tostadas covered with sour cream, lettuce, and chopped tomatoes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And grains of rice, dropping from his hair, bouncing off the glass with a tink. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In Vietnam, he interviewed all kinds of people: soldiers, rice farmers, orphans, generals, and even the South Vietnamese president, Nguyen Van Thieu. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Its burgundy cover is worn around the edges, and the pages are super thin, almost like rice paper. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I heat up chicken and potato soup and rice, crying. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama dished up bowls of okra soup over the rice and placed them on the table. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He had made a lucky guess, and his waist pouch would soon be filled with rice. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The table is set with pernil, ham with pineapple sauce, yellow rice, pink beans, and salad. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Our food ration has been steadily reduced to the point that the cooks are now only getting a small twelve-ounce can of rice for every ten people. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a similarly operated boys’ camp not far from us on the other side of the rice field, with approximately another eighty boys supervised by their comrade brother, or Met Bong Preuf. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked around triumphantly, pointing to the neat white hills of rice and the husks in a rustling brown heap. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Growing rice is too complicated and intricate for a system that requires farmers to be coerced and bullied into going out into the fields each morning. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Have you ever had a child that wanted to eat nothing but rice?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Rashid Uncle opened up a pantry door and scooped some rice from a metal canister. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Lots of corn grew on the land, and Polly was consistently impressed by Teenie, who seemed to know thousands of things she could make from it, but Derbyshire Farms was actually a rice plantation. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Breakfast in South China, at least for those who could afford it, was congee—white rice porridge’with lettuce and dace paste and bamboo shoots. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “The vandals took our town many weeks ago and they announced that all the indigenes should come out and say ‘One Nigeria’ and they would give them rice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After a small breakfast of rice and salted eggs, we get back in our truck and take off again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One by one, Pa scoops up some rice and gives us a piece of bone. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She watches me and makes sure I eat every last grain of rice, every last crumb of bread, every piece of gristle on the meat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The harder you work a rice field, the more it yields. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Liter on Mrs. Trace brought him a plate full of old-people food: vegetable stuff with rice and the combread right on top. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately, their faces and bodies were covered with hundreds of white scars—all shaped like the grains of rice that had rained upon them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Margaret had laid in a good supply of cheese and fruit and containers of rice pudding. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He started telling her about the lockers as she unpacked the Styrofoam containers, the smell of pupusas and frijoles and rice filling the room, and he realized that he had dreamed of something like this. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Sheets and towels, some sheer curtains for the windows, a big sack of rice. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Every year at around this time the monks came down from their mountainside temple to collect their tithe of rice. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She saw them some evenings sitting under a maple tree eating rice and fish off of tin plates. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I rub my sore arm, and try to scoop some beans and rice into my mouth. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z It’s like a tomato rice soup with chicken and lots of vegetables. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Ma said, slapping the rice bowls on the table. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Odenigbo was absorbed in separating his chicken from the bone, and for once he ate all of his rice until his plate was clean. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I caught a whiff of her fading lavender perfume and the fried rice from dinner. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The woman looks down blankly at Geak, who barely reaches Mas thigh and puts two scoops of rice and two fish into Ma s bowl and one of each in Geak’s bowl. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Eating whole wheat bread and whole grains like brown rice became a symbol of the new movement. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Mamd placed her hand on Papa’s shoulder as she set down a platter of yellow rice. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She led them to the stove and began to spoon rice porridge into bowls, its steam issuing like a sighing breath. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z This time last year, when she was back in Beaufort with her folks, she wouldn’t have given a second thought to a slave going to work in the rice fields. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z One day Dayapan wept because all she wanted was one grain of rice and one pea pod—anything to put in her belly. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z There was no rice on the chart, no beans, no salted codfish. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I eat the rice slowly, and even pick up one grain if I drop it on the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was a generous decorative lettuce leaf under which much of the goopy meat and greasy rice could be tucked away. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z At one shop pilaus were being sold, mounds of saffron rice on buttered plantain leaves, glistening with ghee and garnished with red chillies and curling strips of fried onion. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He changed into the warmer clothes and carried the rice in his backpack to a Gilju merchant, who bought it for six thousand won, about six dollars. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I had with the day’s earnings bought as usual one rice cake which I now broke to hand around. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe it is not as good as the fancy rice she eats at home,” Amaka said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Two Chinese food cartons, one with bits of fried rice stuck to the sides, a white plastic fork sprouting from the top, and the other with some sort of sauce caked around the rim. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The first hot bite of freshly cooked rice, plump and nutty, makes me imagine the taste of ripe papaya although one has nothing to do with the other. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There were apricot candies pressed flat into wafers; thin, white, curled strips of coconut candy; several kinds of disclike rice cookies; and so on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “The heart, the liver, chunks of meat, rice, spices, and some blood.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “We will trade butter and sugar on black market for rice!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A shop made from blue tarpaulin sells fried potatoes and falafel, bowls of rice, and sweet tea. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I took out the remaining raw rice from my bag and started chewing on it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand why they didn’t just give us a sack of rice and a bag of beans. It would keep this family fed for a month.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There was a kind of salted fish which is delicious with rice. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew what it was like to be worried about rice in a jar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z After three cups of coffee, two pastries and a bowl of rice pudding with cream, Sydelle Pulaski had offered nothing in return. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z As a little kid, one of the first things I ever learned to do with my hands was the ritual of rice—washing it, cooking it. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Blue diesel smoke fills the air as women gather to cook eggplant and canned tomatoes and rice. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Afraid to risk eating or sleeping in the house, he emptied the rice into a plastic bag and spooned in some soybean paste he found on a shelf. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z After she left the half-eaten rice in the kitchen, she walked around the flat, picking up old newspapers and then putting them down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He did not go back that day even for his noon meal, for the sky was heavy with thunder clouds and his rice lay dead ripe for gathering into sheaves. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Even in the rice puddings Tessie made, covering each little bowl with wax paper before putting it away in the fridge— even into these prophylactically secure desserts my hair found its way! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And when Wang Lung went into the inner room there was O-lan upon the bed with two new-born children, a boy and a girl as alike as two grains of rice. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z There was the letter^ written on rice paper, fast fading after all these years, as brittle as old leaves in winter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When the chicken and rice are ready, Mama ladles it onto plates. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Every so often, his father went to the marketplace by bicycle and brought home bags of beans and rice. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Chavez poured some dry rice into a pot and added water. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I consider the dazzling clothes and shoes and heaps of delicious white rice that so much money could buy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she bustled around the room, muttering, sweeping the windowsill with her short-handled broom, straightening the bags of rice and flour and sugar on her shelves. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z What if I add chicken to this rice and potato dish? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She stayed still, so I scooped a bit of rice into my hand and pressed it to her lips. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “On something so useless? And we will have to feed it! There is barely enough rice for us as it is.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Is this what two-year-olds feel like when parents watch every little thing they do like it’s the best thing since fried rice? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I imagine eating rice and meat and fruit and cakes and pies. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The tattooed girl brought her some bread and a plate of rice, which Mariam said she didn’t want. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Many of these attackers carried rations—most often rice balls. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As Tree-ear stared, rice began to trickle out of a hole in the straw box. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She gives him a full report of the day: how she hit the pinata, ate rice and cake, drank soda, how people took pictures. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I tried to feed you a spoonful of rice and rasam. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I laughed until he threw the canister of rice at me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They all turn to look at me, mouths open—especially Stephanie, who thinks tahari rice is a fashion trend, and the loud one with the dark hair. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She stared down at her empty rice bowl, still hungry for more. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “And they would bring the rice over to the orphanage for the children.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A tali was brought out piled with boiled ducks’ eggs, crisply fried pooris, dal, rice, curries, chapatis, mango chutney, and many kinds of sweets. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Labor camp prisoners almost never eat rice and its absence is a daily reminder of the normality they can never have. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z "After all that, you order shrimp fried rice?" from Patty. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The rabbit rice bowl he had taken from their hut! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He had a wide, round face, and the other kids teased him that he looked like those grilled rice balls on sticks that old ladies sold from their boats. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Cars and rickshaws, mule carts and trucks—all packed with people and their suitcases, bags of rice, and bedrolls. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry I didn’t stay home so that you could have rice tonight.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She wondered where Kiyoshi would cook the precious rice he had stolen. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Just in case,” she said, slipping in their simple food of rice wrapped up in leaves and salted boiled eggs. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The next day she said I did not put in enough water, and the rice was dry as dust. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She made a show of washing out her rice bowl with hot tea, and then warned other restaurant patrons seated near us to do the same. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Minli stared down at her rice bowl; the few white grains left sat like precious pearls at the bottom of her bowl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t say anything for a while, because she was melting a little butter in the microwave in a mug, adding saffron, and then pouring it over the steaming rice. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Mami has cooked a big pot of arroz con pollo, the rice yellow and soupy with pieces of chicken mixed in. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “As I walked behind you, I noticed that you are marking your path with rice!” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Chou enters a hut and comes out with a few metal pots, aluminum bowls, and the remaining few small bags of rice and salt. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On the eighth day Kunthi came as I was cooking the rice water. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The Caucasian servers were thinking that the fruit poured over rice would make a good dessert. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He hated the afternoon sun, the color brown, and cold rice. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I make whatever is easy for dinner, tonight a Korean dish of soup and steamed rice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Wheat he gave him and rice and cabbage seed and he said, “Tomorrow I will come and plough your land with my good ox.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She felt the despair from the stolen rice exiting her body, almost like smoke escaping. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Outside the camp, too, chronic shortages have removed rice from the daily diets of many North Koreans, especially those in the hostile classes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z My mind races, remembering the time I stole rice from the container, out of their mouths. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once he travelled to a village in order to buy a large rice harvest. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Valley and Seven noticed a trail of rice leading to a door in the kitchen at the same time and ran toward it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z At Christmas and New Year’s, she kept the gate open so that anyone could come in and have a meal of rice, meat, and beans. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “I have my eye on a little rice burner at The Corner.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z And the old man reached down and plucked some rice from underneath the silk. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Later, when the other Japanese families arrived, we ate all night long: salted rice balls, fish cakes, rice crackers, rice candies, and barbecued chicken. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She bought a little rice and dried fish. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Shin said he was from Bukchang, the town near Camp 14, the place where he had stolen his first bag of rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In traditional fashion she powdered it with rice flour every morning. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s known for eating rice pudding and picking at his cuticles while he talks to you about attending Whitworth, his alma mater. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z In the kitchen I saw the big plate of picadillo with rice and black beans. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The white steam from her rice gently reached toward her, its heat warming her hands. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Lola carries in a tray of rice cakes wrapped in banana leaves and two glasses of milk. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She walked around the fence corner and went in the intimate gate with her heaping plate of mulatto rice. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z But this time, mi amor, we’ll make it stick like rice to a pot! Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Akira was taking a lot of the rice he was supposed to share with her, but she didn’t say anything. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Then you grab a handful of rice and shape it into a lump. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I don’t have a bowl of beans and rice, but I do have my daddy’s words. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He mixed white rice into tomato sauce, tasted it, and then covered it and reduced the heat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z All there is to store work is watchin’ out for rice weevils and rotten potatoes, and keepin’ the rats out of the seed corn.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They reached the shores of the camp, and there, amid the general happiness at seeing one another, the grown-ups learned the rice was indeed sparse that year. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z This is a girls’ camp for those who are considered too weak to work in the rice fields. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The dirty and clean rice were in two careful mounds on the enamel trays before us, with the stones placed on the mat. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z There were days when my maa took only a bit of rice for herself so that the rest of us—my baap, my brothers, and I—might have more. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z A woven bag had fallen from the backseat, spilling rice onto the ground. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The mingling smells of fried rice and pizza and burgers made me hungry. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It made a sound like dropping a rice bag to the floor. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z There was still some rice, and reheated with the beans, it almost tasted like real food. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Think, for a moment, about what the life of a rice farmer in the Pearl River Delta must have been like. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z For each corpse they buried, guards rewarded them with one or two servings of rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Alex put the vegetables and the juice boxes and the spinach and the lima beans and the rice and the Cheerios into his backpack. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I couldn’t hit him for calling me a long-legged chicken after I had gobbled down his mother’s fish and rice. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They liked Anatole, and apologized that they had to support their families on the handful of coins or rice they got when Mobutu’s deputies came by to count the prisoners each morning. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A picture on the menu showed crispy fish, moons of lemon, mounds of rice. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z My sister will be home by then too, and we get plates of buttery rice with beef chunks and kidney beans stewed in green onions, mint, and parsley. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z One of my favorite Persian dishes, consisting of rice with saffron, chicken, and barberries. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I said with a mouth full of rice and beans. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Dad was refilling his plate with grilled vegetables as I scooped more saffron rice onto my own. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z In the stories, a ten-year-old kid superhero named Isaiah Dunn goes on tons of secret missions and gets his power from bowls of beans and rice. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Ah, the Harmattan has brought us good fortune again!” he would exclaim when he returned from harvesting rice. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “That means expanding the fields by the river. We’ll need fresh Africans for that—they know rice so well.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The man, a Chinese farmer who spoke some Korean, invited Shin inside and ordered a young woman to cook rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I bring out some dried fish and rice cakes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I only wanted the rice and I ate it at every meal. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes she took a plate of leftover white rice and a scrap of bread to the living room, by the window. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The rice had fixed what was wrong with me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Did you want the rice to get cold, Eugene?” she muttered. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The rice was done and the okra soup was almost ready when I heard a single gunshot that echoed through the town. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The stew is kind of a brown blob on a bed of rice. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Instead of cars, we would become manufacturers of hamburger platters and Greek salads, industrialists of spanakopita and grilled cheese sandwiches, technocrats of rice pudding and banana cream pie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She wanted to give him rice, and yet...she loved her brother so much. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In fact, the earliest identified crops were two drought-resistant species of millet in North China, but rice in South China, suggesting the possibility of separate northern and southern centers of plant domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They boiled what was left of the rice in a steel pot on a charcoal stove. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z What if coming from a culture shaped by the demands of growing rice also makes you better at math? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z A giant couldn’t eat half a leg of deer plus a huge mound of wild rice and eight of the fifty quail eggs and go back for dessert. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though they could smell the steam from the rice cooking, they noticed the house was strangely dark and quiet. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z My sass was scooping rice from a pan into a bowl. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She had happily attended their receptions, she had eaten rice and meat and coleslaw, food tainted by fraud, and she had eaten knowing this and had not choked, and had not even considered choking. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The refugee officials theft divide and ration us salt, water, rice, fish, and sometimes chicken. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of each performance, they hosted a reception, serving rice and beans, and Fanta and Coke in glass bottles. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Both their food rations consist only of watery rice soup and salted fish. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I warm up bowls of beans and rice, which we already had two days in a row. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Who had ever thought the rice barrel could become an engineer? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But most times it is soup and rice in a bowl, all mixed together so you can eat it with one big spoon. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Usually the dry season brought the rice harvest, but this year, because of the debils, we were without food. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day she works in the rice fields, planting and harvesting rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On my way back to the infirmary one afternoon, I see a rice ball left unguarded beside an old woman. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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