Need a handy dandy cookbook to spell out the how-to's of rice cooking as well as some fast, easy and delicious recipes you can make in no time flat? Here's a list of some fact-and-recipe-filled rice books for avid rice enthusiasts. These writers promise to spice up this ancient grain with sumptuous recipes, interesting facts, and great anecdotes. Great rice reads, in no particular order:

Sushi for Dummies, by Mineko Takane Moreno and Judi Strada (Wiley Publishing, 2004)
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The Amazing World of Rice, by Marie Simmons (New York: Harpercollins Publishers Inc., 2003)

The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook, by Beth Kaufmann (Boston: The Harvard Common Press, 2002)

Yes, I Can Cook Rice...and So Can You!, by Keith Famie (New York: Keith Famie, 2001).

The Rice Book, by Sri Owen (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993).

Rice: From Risotto to Sushi, by Clare Ferguson (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1997).

Rice: The Amazing Grain, by Marie Simmons (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1991).

Rice, by Bonnie Tandy Leblang and Joanne Lamb Hayes (New York: Harmony Books, 1991).

Everybody Cooks Rice, by Norah Dooley (New York: Scholastic Press, 1992).

On Rice, by Rick Rodgers (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997).

The Carolina Rice Kitchen, by Karen Hess (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1992).

Rice, by Mary Good (San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 1995).

The Rice Cookbook, by Anne Dettmer and Victoria Lloyd-Davies (London: Salamander Books, 1993).

Rice Flooded Fields to Fabulous Meals, Texas Rice Festival Cookbook (Winnie, TX, 1996).

Between the Levees, Delta Rice Promotions (Cleveland, MS, 1994).

Vertamae Cooks in America's Family Kitchen, by Vertamae Grosvenor (San Francisco: KQED Books, 1996).

The Carolina Rice Kitchen, by Karen Hess (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1992).

Soul Food: Recipes and Reflections from African Churches, by Joyce White (New York: Harper Collins, 1998).