Du Jour: Jazzmen Rice

Best friends and Louisiana entrepreneurs George Chin, Andrew Wong and Egbert Ming have started all sorts of businesses since they were kids in Mid-City New Orleans, but none has been as tasty as their latest project. Earlier this year, the three released a new line of locally grown aromatic rice designed to take on Thai Jasmine, an import that has become wildly popular in the U.S. with the rise in pan-Asian cuisine. Their Jazzmen Rice offers a domestic alternative: It’s a strain of rice developed over 12 years by rice researchers at the LSU AgCenter in Rayne, La. Find out more about this tasty strain of local grain by clicking here.To read previous Du Jour features on local chefs and other culinary experts, click here.