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This perfect marriage of rice cooker and steamer means fantastic results for your waistline and any healthy eating plan This is the Asian equivalent of a Crock Pot, or one pot meal. Meat, seafood, eggs, veggies, or tofu can go inside along with your rice. The rice cooks without monitoring and ...

Your kitchen: a lovely afternoon. A pot is simmering on the stove. A lazy hush settles over the house. You sit reading a favorite novel. You hear a quiet whispering sound. You pause to look around, see nothing, and return to your book. You hear it again. Curious...

Suddenly, there is ...

I am a lover of sweet treats, but standing over the bowl with the mixer, I can never quite find a comfortable position. Sometimes everything goes well. Other times, I wish I had an extra set of hands. That is where the versatility of a hand/stand mixer is ...

Every kitchen needs a good stockpot. It may as well dress up the place while it is doing its duties. A pan like this is a once-in-a-generation purchase which will last through every batch of corn on the cob, simmer tomato sauce like a champ, and allow you to prepare ...

One of the hardest things for a novice chef to do is judge the progress of meat as it cooks. Despite the effectiveness of judging by touch, sometimes this is not possible or advisable. Following proper food handling procedures means you don't mix cooked items with raw (unless you want to ...

Chemistry class was always a favorite of min -- the tubes, beakers and flasks, the interesting experiments. I guess that's why I'm drawn to this unusual coffee making system by Bodum. Each time a pot is made, it's like a little laboratory in my kitchen. It is as much fun ...

Bertazzoni cooktops originate from Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The region is known for its food: the Parmesan cheese, Parma ham, and the hills and plains of sprawling vineyards. Reflect upon this picture each time you cook, knowing that the design comes from people who know food, who understand flavor.

The highly efficient ...

Your kitchen, so small at times, never seems larger than when you have a big meal to prep. It seems like you run a marathon between the refrigerator and the stove, the sink to the microwave, check the oven, back to the cooktop to adjust the heat. Your feet, your ...

If you use or store more than a few bottles of wine per week or you are beginning to be able to detect the subtle differences that emerge with greater knowledge, you need a special place to store your selections.

When you have a dedicated wine chiller, it is possible ...

Refrigerators are designed to serve a far more complex purpose in the modern kitchen than to simply keep food cold. They have become a center for serving the needs of the family. This unit's gallon-size door bins are adjustable, and the glass shelves guard against spills by confining the spill ...