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Summary: Comprehensive and readable
Review: I have made several of the recipes in this book and continue to be extremely impressed. So many times, books that are centered around a specific appliance are too complicated and show-offy - they seem to forget that the appliance is supposed to make life easier and write recipes that use too many ingredients (several of them unrecognizable) and too many steps. My crock pot cookbook (and my crock pot, for that matter) remain unused as a result.This cookbook doesn't do this. Many of the recipes are quite simple, and if esoteric ingredients are called for they are explained and described and are the focal point of the recipe. More than any other cookbook, this book gave me a food education as well. I learned an incredible amount about rice and about a variety of cultural adaptations of rice without feeling like a captive audience. Finally, this book is extremely well organized and easy to understand and follow. The shopping section at the end with internet sources to purchase ususual rices, spices, and vegetables was an unexpected treat. I am recommending rice cookers highly, and in the same breath, I make sure to recommend this book. In fact, the next wedding I go to, the bride and groom get a rice cooker and this cookbook. It's that good.
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Summary: Everything you ever wanted to know about rice
Review: I love rice. I could eat it every meal. I bought a rice cooker two years ago and have used it regularly ever since, not just for plain rice but also for red beans & rice, rice with veggies, rice cooked in different liquids and with different flavorings and additions. I thought I had done it all. I picked up this cookbook thinking it would have maybe a few ideas that would be new, maybe a dozen ideas out of the 250 recipes. Boy was I wrong! There is a LOT of good information on rice in here - and this is coming from someone who used to work at a health food store & knows her rice. And every single recipe I have tried has come out perfectly. Finally I can make Indian-restaurant style basmati rice the way my husband likes it (Qui's Basmati Pilaf p. 97)! My only complaint is that I'm probably going to have to spring for a newer fuzzy logic rice cooker as some (but not nearly all or even most) of the recipes will only work with that style of cooker. Aw, shucks, I have to go shopping :)
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Summary: Everything you ever wanted to know about rice
Review: I love rice. I could eat it every meal. I bought a rice cooker two years ago and have used it regularly ever since, not just for plain rice but also for red beans & rice, rice with veggies, rice cooked in different liquids and with different flavorings and additions. I thought I had done it all. I picked up this cookbook thinking it would have maybe a few ideas that would be new, maybe a dozen ideas out of the 250 recipes. Boy was I wrong! There is a LOT of good information on rice in here - and this is coming from someone who used to work at a health food store & knows her rice. And every single recipe I have tried has come out perfectly. Finally I can make Indian-restaurant style basmati rice the way my husband likes it (Qui's Basmati Pilaf p. 97)! My only complaint is that I'm probably going to have to spring for a newer fuzzy logic rice cooker as some (but not nearly all or even most) of the recipes will only work with that style of cooker. Aw, shucks, I have to go shopping :)
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Summary: A Must Have for a rice cooker owner!
Review: I purchased this book at the same time I bought my Zo rice cooker and it was well worth it! This is a great book with wonderful recipes and great ideas for your rice cooker. I especially love the japanese recipes and the anecdotes about the significance of rice to the countries of asia. I own TONS of cookbooks but this is one of the few that sits on my counter at the ready!
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Summary: Everything you want to know about rice
Review: I recently bought a fancy micom fuzzy logic rice cooker and was disappointed with the manual that came with it. This book is an essential for anyone who's invested in a cooker. Not only does it have great recipes that expand the use of your cooker to foods other than rice, but it is an encyclopedia of rice. I thought rice was either white or brown, but now I realize there are subtle differences and many varieties available. Even if you don't use a single recipe, this book is worthwhile as a reference. I'll get much more out of my cooker investment now that I own this book.
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Summary: cooked apples
Review: I tried the applesauce on page 292 without the use of the recommended 1/4 cup butter. I didn't put it through the blender after the cooking cycle was completed, becaue I prefer cooked apples in large chunks. I placed a jar of the cooked apples in my husband's lunchbox and he loved it. In fact he didn't touch anything else in his lunchbox. I would reduce the cinnamon to 1/2 teaspoon, and maybe serve it warm with some ice cream.
This book is also a great pleasure reading book.
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Summary: turns a rice cooker into a major kitchen appliance
Review: I used to use my rice cooker several times a week. With this cook book and my new fuzzy logic rice cooker, I use it several times a day. It will appeal to cooks of all levels. For cooks experienced with rice and whole grains, the most important part of the book will probably be recipes for the porridge cycle of a fuzzy logic cooker: rice porridge, puddings, custards, and hot cereals. Even for experienced rice cooks, however, this book has excellent information on different varieties of rice and different types of dishes. In addition to many styles of rice dishes, it includes recipes for other grains such as couscous, bulgur and grits. It is well laid out and has commentaries on grains and dishes that will enable creative cooks to invent their own recipes as well as using the very tasty recipes included in the book. Although the recipes suggest the size of the cooker to be used, you need to use some common sense. I have a small cooker and have successfully made recipes suggested for other size cookers. This book is utterly clear and easy to follow. All the recipes work, and all taste wonderful. If you have a rice cooker, especially a fuzzy logic cooker, you need this book.
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Summary: Really great cookbook!
Review: I'd always heard that you couldn't mess up rice in a rice cooker, but I found it sure could be dull! I never explored cooking in my rice cooker, but with the help of this book have made some terrific rice side dishes (there are many other recipes as well). The explanations are clear, the layout of the recipes is good, and there's lots of information about what to expect with different types of rice and which brands to look for while shopping. I expect to use this cookbook regularly for years to come.
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Summary: You NEED this book!
Review: I'm a tough customer. I'm not easily pleased. But this is such a wonderful book - I love it. It really is the best companion for a rice cooking machine. It has great recipes and tips that make your rice cooker work even better!!!
I love this book!!!
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Summary: Best for fancy rice cookers
Review: If you have a computerized rice cooker, you'll probably get a lot of value from this book. If, however, you have a simple rice cooker (non-computerized) then you'll find very few usable recipes.
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