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A creamy Italian rice dish made with starchy, short-grained Italian rice varieties. A basic recipe for risotto includes onions that are lightly sautéed in butter into which rice is added and cooked briefly.

A type of short-grain rice that is used in much the same way as Arborio for creating risotto, which is a creamy Italian rice dish.

A type of rice, named after a town in northwest Italy, that is one of the most popular varieties used for Italian risotto recipes.

A short-grain Italian rice that is excellent for the preparation of risotto, which is a creamy Italian rice dish.

An Italian white rice with short, plump grains, which have a creamy consistency when cooked. They are commonly used in risotto dishes and have a high starch content.

A short-grained Italian rice that features small plump grains, a high starch content, and a creamy texture when cooked.

An aromatic short-grain white rice from China, which has been infused with the chlorophyll taken from young bamboo plants.

A highly aromatic spice made from the dried stigmas of the saffron crocus. This orange colored spice creates a golden tint to a variety of food dishes and a mild, bitter flavor, which adds a very distinctive taste.

The Italian word for rice, which may include any of the various varieties grown mainly in the Po Valley in Piedmont, Italy.

(Scientific Name: Agrocybe aegerita) Grown on decaying tree stumps or beneath popular trees, this mushroom is a popular food ingredient in both Asia and southern Europe.

A turnip-like root vegetable that has a flavor similar to strong Celery combined with parsley. Unlike Celery, it must be pealed before it is prepared.

A classification of rice in which the grains must be less than two times longer than they are wide. Some short grain rice varieties are about as long as they are wide (making them almost round).

Gourmet oil infused with the flavor from white or black truffles (a rare fungus that grows underground) that have been soaked in olive oil.

A type of cream with a minimum of 48% milk fat, rating it as one of types of Cream with the second highest butterfat content.

A turnip-like root vegetable that has a flavor similar to strong celery combined with parsley. Unlike celery, it must be pealed before it is prepared.

Most notably known as Marsanne. A grape varietal used in the production of white wine, originating in the Rhône region of France.

Most notably known as "Marsanne". A grape varietal, used in the production of white wine, originating in the Rhône region of France.

A grape varietal most notably known as Marsanne, used in the production of white wine, originating in the Rhône region of France.

Pronounced mahr-sahn. A grape varietal, used in the production of white wine, originating in the Rhône region of France.

1. A cereal grass that yields grain harvested as an important food crop. Rice is so important that half of the people in the world depend upon it for nearly 50% of their daily intake of calories.