At most of the Chinese restaurants I’ve eaten at over the years, the fried rice accompanying the meal is usually quite boring. You know that mysterious brown stuff dotted with tiny bits of yellow and ...

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Did you know that the Great Wall of China was held together with sticky rice? My own pantry is always stocked with a variety ...

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