another vote for lundenberg farms rice- i love the brown jasmine rice but its hard to find where i live.
i always had a hard time cooking rice until i figured out a couple of things.
1. i never ever use minute rice anymore.
2. i use a liquid measuring cup for the water and a regular measuring cup for the rice- before i'd just use the regular cup and i think it threw off the ratios.
3. the type of rice really seems to make a difference. i have no trouble now with the long grain rice- sometimes i still can't get short grain to come out right.
4. when in doubt- TJ's frozen cooked brown rice really is delish!
now that i finally mastered rice- i just need to figure out why i ruin every single soup i ever try to make. lol.