The pot and how to use it : : the Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker

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Call Number: 641.631 Eb
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Includes index.
"In The Pot and How to Use It, Roger Ebert--Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, admitted 'competent cook,' and longtime electric rice cooker enthusiast--gives readers a charming, practical guide to this handy and often overlooked kitchen appliance"--Cover, p. 4.

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not that useful submitted by camelsamba on July 13, 2013, 7:39pm I bought a rice cooker some years ago, in part because of numerous people saying "it's really versatile, you can use it for more than just rice!" I bought a small one and it didn't come with any recipes to give me a sense of what you could make beyond rice. I felt cheated. Rice in the rice pot takes longer than on the stove, so if I hadn't planned the menu ahead it wasn't necessarily convenient either.

Fast forward to 2013. I read in an Ebert obit that he'd published this book about rice cookers, so I got it from the library. And again, I feel cheated. As others have said: the format is roughly 1/3 paean to rice cookers; 1/3 entertaining blog comments; 1/3 pseudo-recipes. The thing is, the recipes that are not just a grain would be, quite frankly, easier in a crock pot or on the cooktop (e.g. require sautéing onions or meat, etc.). The ones that seem uniquely suited to the rice cooker are few and far between: rice pudding, oatmeal, salty tuna on rice.

Oh we'll, now I know - and I guess I'll keep looking for creative ideas for my rice cooker!

The pot and how to use it submitted by a2sue on July 31, 2016, 10:40pm It was interesting to read a sort of cookbook by Roger Ebert.