Brown Rice with Shiitake Mushrooms

Brown rice, which is the entire unpolished grain containing the germ and outer layer of bran (hence the tan coloring), is much prized for its nutty flavor and chewy texture through much of the South, and is even used to make elaborate perloos and bogs in and around Charleston and Savannah. Because of the bran, however, brown rice needs more liquid and longer cooking than regular white long-grain (or Carolina) rice. Today, in better restaurants, you find more and more brown rice prepared wit