His recovery is the most miraculous event I have ever witnessed.

Always with a vegetable (often frozen) and a starch which was usually potatoes, cornbread, or—you guessed it—Minute Rice.. We have a person of color to thank for the marvel of modern ingenuity that is Minute Rice.. And honestly, after spending your evening roasting a chicken or nursing a sauce, what working parent has time for a 30-minute-long temperamental experiment in which the rice might turn out mushy or stiff while the rest of dinner is on the table waiting?So I totally get my parents' proclivity towards Minute RIce.

I still consider myself a fan of the stuff.Like most of my favorite things in this world, we have a person of color to thank for the marvel of modern ingenuity that is Minute Rice.. OK, so get this, because the brand website is conveniently missing this very relevant and super important detail.. Ataullah K. Ozai‐Durrani., a cousin to the King of Afghanistan, is the original inventor of Minute Rice!

Durrani came to the U.S. in 1923 to study petro-chemistry.But after one fateful dinner party at which one of his guests remarked that his chicken-rice was so good, it ought to be served to the public, Durrani, being the noble genius, planter, and bio-chemist that he was, set out to do just that.

He started researching rice, which at the time was notoriously hard to store and prepare, thus scarce in the American market.. After a lot of trial and error—18 years worth to be exact—Durrani perfected a method of parboiling, then dehydrating long-grain white rice so that a little more than a minute and some boiling water was all you needed to bring it back to life.

In 1941, he brought his new rice product, a pot, and a portable stove to the General Foods Corporation in New York.A durable, handmade set of.

ceramic dinnerware.can elevate your space and make mealtimes a little more special.

We love the Year & Day Core Set, which includes 16 pieces for four place settings with plates, side plates, low bowls, and regular bowls.The sleek but organic look of this set comes from locally sourced clay in Portugal through a single-firing process that makes the set durable enough for the dishwasher, freezer, and even the oven up to 480 degrees..