All Cook-Up is not created equal

By Cynthia Nelson

Hi Everyone, Yes, it’s a one-pot dish, yes, it’s about everything cooking up together, but no, not all cook-up rice is created equal. The main ingredients that make up a cook-up rice – the peas, the meats and the rice – are themselves not created equal and then of course, each of us will make the cook-up rice to suit our own tastes.

This past week I received an email from a friend and regular reader of this column with some cook-up rice related questions and that prompted me to discuss with you the nuances of this deceptively simple national dish. Cook-up rice is a dish I find that is truly representative of our multi-cultural make-up……