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Respectfully Discussing the Best Rice Recipe

Dave, Chris, and special guest JJ Johnson discuss an ingredient that is both essential to their own personal relationship with food and the backbone of food cultures across the world

By Chris Ying and Dave Chang


Dave and Chris are joined by a special guest this week: James Beard Foundation Book Award–winning chef JJ Johnson, owner of Fieldtrip in New York City. They gather to respectfully discuss the three recipes they have chosen to represent an ingredient that is both essential to their own personal relationship with food and the backbone of food cultures across the world: rice.

Find the recipes for this episode and all previous episodes on The Ringer’s website and follow along with the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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