The Nice Thing About Rice

Sheri Castle shares recipes for Low Country–style red rice with shrimp and sausage as well as rice and garden peas in Parmesan broth. She visits Lee’s One Fortune Farm to see how it grows heirloom rice in the mountains, and then cooks with chef Ricky Moore for his “church lady good” rice and summer-squash gratin. Sheri also shares a tip on how to select the perfect rice for a recipe.

Sheri Castle shares her recipe for Low Country–style red rice with shrimp and sausage. Made with long-grain white rice, this dish takes its name from the deep red color it gets from the tomatoey shrimp stock used as the cooking liquid.

Inspired by the Italian dish “risi e bisi,” Sheri Castle’s creamy rice and garden peas in Parmesan broth shows just how impressive and comforting a simple rice dish can be.

Sheri Castle cooks with acclaimed chef Ricky Moore for what he calls his “church lady good” rice and summer squash gratin.

Sheri Castle visits Lee’s One Fortune Farm to see how husband-and-wife farming duo Chue and Tou Lee grow heirloom rice in the mountains.

Sheri Castle shares a tip on how to select the perfect rice for a recipe.