Bettina Makalintal is a senior reporter at Eater.com, covering restaurant trends, home cooking advice, and all the food you can’t escape on your TikTok FYP. Previously, she worked for Bon Appétit and ...

There are many pieces of iconography, if you will, that I associate with my Nana’s house. One constant that was always in her refrigerator was a gray, nondescript container of store-bought rice ...