The endangered plant grows only in a two-mile stretch of the upper San Marcos River and has a captivating, otherworldly ...

Cozy, comfort food is the best food, and decidedly one of the best things about the weather getting colder. A rice pudding dish made with wild rice is a perfect example.

Wild rice truly is a wild, natural food. While several varieties exist, the most commonly available are Zizania palustris, or Northern wild rice, and Zizania aquatica, or wild rice. While it is ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Manoomin, meaning "the good berry," is a type of wild rice that has been harvested by the Ojibwe people in the Great Lakes region of North America for centuries.

From LeahConnecting with my Ojibwe heritage by learning to harvest wild rice MPR News senior editor Leah Lemm walks with her son Marvin from his school bus stop on Jan. 2. So, she set out with a ...

Wild rice, or manoomin (mah-NOO-mehn ... lead inland fisheries biologist for the Bay Mills Indian Community. “It turns into this really cool community event.” A new bill in Lansing aims to further ...

OH, I LIKE THAT. TURNS OUT THERE’S A GOOD REASON. REAL WILD RICE TASTES SO DIFFERENT. SHEEHAN TELLS US. IT’S NOT REALLY RICE. CORRECT. SO THIS IS ALMOST CLOSELY RELATED TO EITHER CORN OR LIKE ...

Purplish-black 'wild rice' is not rice, but an aquatic grass from North America. Difficulty in harvesting it makes it expensive, but the grain's colour, elegant shape and subtly nutty flavour make ...