It's been a very good year for rice. The grain is normally on the bottom of my carbs list — bread and pasta tie for first place; potatoes come in a distant second.
But in 2017, I discovered an array of superb rice-oriented dishes, from Japanese-styled hand rolls erupting with caviar to highly spiced Korean cakes made from rice flour. It's the most valuable ingredient on the list of best dishes I ate in 2017, which spans the US and Europe.
