Simple White Rice - Edwidge Danticat's Simple Meal With Her Father

A Grain of Comfort: The Magic of Simple White Rice

By Edwidge Danticat
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the April 2006 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Her bedridden father had one wish: white rice, simply prepared. Who knew magic lay inside such a plain dish?

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