Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid team up to create an all-you-can-eat buffet of rice recipes, developed from their extensive travels through Asia. Including an informative look into the rice families, a rice dictionary, details of the growing process, and recipes spanning the many cultures across the continent, Seductions of Rice offers everything you need to know about rice and the cultures surrounding it.

With a depth of passion and experience, and an ability to embrace and convey richness of place and taste, [Alford and Duguid]…embarked on a far-reaching excursion to find the world's most essential and satisfying food. Along the way, they experienced firsthand dozens of varieties of rice, offering unimaginable subtleties of taste, as well as a staggering array of foods to accompany them[.]

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Karen Anderson

Writer and Blogger of Savour It All

This is a tome and and ode to rice. It's encyclopedic and at the same time it's intimate and authentic. These are two of the most brilliant cookbook authors ever.

Ruth Van Waerebeek

International chef and author

A book as rewarding to read as to cook from! (also their other books!)