Rice Krispies Rice Krispies Rice Krispies (also known as Rice Bubbles in Australia and New Zealand) is a breakfast cereal marketed by Kellogg's in 1927 and released to the public in 1928. Rice Krispies are made of crisped rice (rice and sugar paste that is formed into rice shapes or "berries", cooked, dried and toasted), and expand forming very thin and hollowed out walls that are crunchy and crisp. When milk is added to the cereal the walls tend to collapse, creating the "Snap, crackle and pop" sounds. Rice Krispies cereal has a long advertising history, with the elf cartoon characters Snap,
Alexander Talbot Rice Alexander Talbot Rice Alexander Thomas Talbot-Rice (born 4 August 1969 in London) is a British society portrait artist. Talbot-Rice is the son of David and Sylvia Talbot-Rice and was educated at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire which he entered on a fine art scholarship. After Durham University, he gained a scholarship to The Charles Cecil School (1995-1997) followed by The Florence Academy of Art (1997-2000) where he studied classic portraiture for three years, followed by two years at the Repin Academy of Arts (2000-2002) in St Petersburg. He is one of the few Western Europeans to have studied at this academy. Talbot-Rice