About 30 families bring their food waste for the farm's compost heap; an additional 1,000 pounds comes from the four Rice restaurants in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, delivered in a van fueled by the restaurants' used vegetable oil.
Several new shops have opened this summer, including Rockaway Taco, a no-frills fish taco stand on Beach 96th Street owned by the restaurateur David Selig, a Rockaway surf dog who also owns the four Rice restaurants in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Swiss documentary-maker Nicole Vögele's Closing Time is a beguiling exercise in life-in-ellipsis observation, following a nocturnal rice-restaurant owner in bustling central Taipei after a spontaneous decision to disrupt his routine.
In fact, Nelson says for every bag of rice the restaurant uses, by switching from margarine to vegetable oil, they're saving 39 cents.
Then there's the Three Cup Jidori Chicken at Pine & Crane in Silver Lake, a pretty great chicken dish that's made even more so by the particular rice the restaurant serves with it.
Although traditionally Japanese meals end with rice, many restaurants will add a mizu-gashi, or fruit course, to their menu.
What: Sqirl Away, a take-out extension of Sqirl, Jessica Koslow's much-loved toast-and-rice-bowl restaurant in Silver Lake.
The last time he saw Mr. Liu, Mr. Rodney said, he was cooking rice in the restaurant's kitchen.
Under "rice" is the restaurant's crown jewel: a rousing rendition of arroz con pollo, with plenty of glistening crackling skin and just enough lemon zest.
Thornthan Srikalayanavat, owner of Rice Bistro, a restaurant in Lakeview, acknowledged that he had lost money on both of his Groupon deals.
