Black rice is that rare trifecta of delicious, healthy, and aesthetically pleasing. This dark-colored rice, which is a deep purple-black, has alternate names including purple rice, forbidden rice ...

Found in the rainforests of Ecuador, it is thought there are only about 2,500 Lilacine Amazon or Ecuadorian red-lored Amazon parrots left in the wild. Ms Etherton said the birds were "threatened ...