We are headed to Spain for one of the most emblematic recipes of the country: paella and the original version called paella valenciana! Every country in the world has one variation or the other of rice dishes that is unique to them. Rice is the seed of the monocot plants, Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia and the West Indies. It is the ...