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The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook: 250 No-Fail Recipes for Pilafs, Risottos, Polenta, Chilis, Soups, Porridges, Puddings, and More, from Start to Finish in Your Rice Cooker
The authors exhaust the world of easy, one-pot meals, offering such recipes as Butternut Squash Risotto, Fruited Pilaf, and Turkey Chili with Baby White Beans.
Hardcover, 352 pages
Published
December 12th 2001
by Harvard Common Press
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This book has been a great success so far, for the most part. With the information in the book, I focused on jasmine brown rice, which is lighter than regular brown rice and also perfumes the whole house while it's cooking, just like white jasmine rice. I've also made Lemon Rice and Saffron Rice (but using veggie stock instead of water); both have been DELICIOUS. I would put that word in bigger caps if I could, or put flashing stars around it--they were that good. It's not hard to take the the r...more
Feb 01, 2012
Nags
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
rice cooker owners who really want a book to cook from
I started looking out for rice cooker recipes and cookbooks when I bought (a way too expensive, I must add) Zojirushi induction rice cooker from Japan. Although there are a few out there, this book had the most number of positive reviews on Amazon so I chose it when I won a gift card in a contest from work. In a way, I am glad I didn't spend money on this but then I could have chosen another book I would've liked better.
Yes, the book has a variety of recipes you can cook in your rice cooker but...more
Yes, the book has a variety of recipes you can cook in your rice cooker but...more
The book goes WAY beyond rice cooking - encompassing all grains, all legumes, and even some desserts. The book encourages you to think of your rice cooker more as a one-pot meal maker than a means to a meal. With clear instructions and information on machine settings, it is possible to prepare the entire meal from start to finish. I also like how many of the recipes have suggestions for slightly different spices and flavors at the end. Example: Couscous with mushrooms, couscous with dried fruit...more
May 07, 2012
Margit Sage
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I don't know if this is true of other editions, but for the kindle edition, recipes start out in the middle of pages and there are no pictures at all in the entire book, except for on the cover. I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but as a reading experience, is has to be the least pleasant cookbook I have ever read. I guess it makes sense that it would be that way because you can change the size of the font in a kindle book, but when I look at a recipe book, I like to flip through the book...more
Jun 26, 2012
Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides
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I might have actually started this on the 22nd. Not sure. Anyway, this was a little disappointing. Mostly because the recipes are only for rice cookers of specific sizes, and there is no information about scaling down. The text implies that you shouldn't, and that makes me reluctant to experiment. (If your rice cooker isn't at least 4 cups, forget it. And many of these call for 6- or 10-cup machines.) There's a 2012 edition and I may check it out to see if it's been updated.
This is a very well researched book. It covers everything from the basic differences in various rice cookers to all those varieties of rice on the store shelves. I haven't yet cooked with this book as I'm waiting to see if a new rice cooker (which I've been begging for years for) magically appears on my counter in the next week or so. (If it doesn't I won't be disappointed and I'll work through these ideas with my vege/rice steamer). I wish I had this book when I had a basic on/off model as I le...more
I LOVE this book! I bought it just after my husband I had purchase a new - and very sexy - rice cooker. (Based on the Asian model, but made in Austria.)
I always have used my rice cooker for making more dishes than just steaming rice and this book takes it even further for me, with recipe for dishes with bulgur, polenta, porridges.
Fabulous!
I always have used my rice cooker for making more dishes than just steaming rice and this book takes it even further for me, with recipe for dishes with bulgur, polenta, porridges.
Fabulous!
OK, so I thought I was a culinary genius when I "discovered" you could cook quinoa in the rice cooker. "Wait until I tell the world!" I thought.
Well who knew, FAR beyond rice and quinoa... you can prepare entire MEALS in the rice cooker! Breakfast! Lunch! Dinner! Dessert! This is a great book. Once you read it, you think "Duh. Of course that all makes sense," but I'm telling you, no one I know knew you could do this. I am inspired : ) I almost think I could hit the road, in an Airstream, with j...more
Well who knew, FAR beyond rice and quinoa... you can prepare entire MEALS in the rice cooker! Breakfast! Lunch! Dinner! Dessert! This is a great book. Once you read it, you think "Duh. Of course that all makes sense," but I'm telling you, no one I know knew you could do this. I am inspired : ) I almost think I could hit the road, in an Airstream, with j...more
I did learn one useful thing from this book: pilafs (which I love) can be finished in the rice cooker. A great thing to know when you have limited stove space or lots of competition for your attention while cooking. I may check out this book again to review the information on cooking other grains (like steel cut oats, another favorite) and even non-grain foods (vegetables in particular). Since I discovered Mark Bittman, I don't see a need to own this book - the recipes seem over-elaborate by com...more
I love my rice cooker and really had hoped that this would be something I could use frequently. I bought this right after I got the rice cooker and just really didn't think that it gave the basics well. I also didn't find that the recipes were well-suited to my family's tastes.
Occasionally while decluttering the kitchen, I find myself wondering if I really need a rice cooker, at which point I flip through this book for inspiration. It's a fantastic rice cooker cookbook, and should really get 3.5 stars if that were allowed. It gets docked points because it doesn't have pictures, and because despite being otherwise extremely comprehensive, it doesn't address pasta in the rice cooker at all. It's also a bit too gourmet for me, though whether that's a pro or a con is real...more
Apr 13, 2012
Kim
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Karin
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This book does it all. I like the layout and I LOVE the fact that it has so much information on, well, Rice! For a beginner it is awesome to see all the info on types and classifications. Then to have it outline the science behind not only how the cooker's cook the rice, but how/why each different rice type needs different amounts of water or rinses etc... Many great recipes that are clearly and easily explained. Definitely a must have!
quite a few really good recipes, but not one single picture to be found. the pages in the book were not a good quality for a cookbook. they had a texture that would stain easily. I prefer a glossy page in a cookbook.
I purchased a rice cooker and needed a cookbook. This book is more than just recipes, it explains the differences and how to use a large variety of rices. Also talks about the history of the rice cooker. Being new to the use of a rice cooker this information was very helpful.
Jan 11, 2013
Mckinley
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Very complete; not only recipes but also about types rice and it's cooking. Also sections for cooking other things in cooker - vegetables, custards, porridges, etc.
Great recipes, no pictures, this recipe for cookbooks ( the no technique photos, no pictures of the food) are just not cutting it anymore--
Some really yummy recipes! Plus a great explanation of the different kinds of rice cookers, how to choose one, and how to use them.
What a book.. I have a multifunction Rice cooker, I guess this book will help me a lot in utilizing my rice cooker.
A good source for rice cooker recipes. I read a lot of it, but skimmed some of the recipes.
Includes instructions for cooking all kinds of additional grains in a rice cooker.
Feb 16, 2009
April
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5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
Rice Cooker Owners/Lovers
AMAZING. Everything I've made out of here has turned out awesome. I love it!
not one picture.I am sure there were some good recipes in there but I didn't bother to look.
Holy crap! I didn't know my rice cooker could do all this!!!! :)
the actual rice cooker recipes are good, but there is a lot of filler- non-rice cooker recipes (I have a whole wall of books for that, mmmk) and quite a few that are basically "make rice in rice cooker, do all this other stuff on the stovetop, then mix it all together", which isn't really what I was after.
But it's good for the basics of making different types of basic dishes in your rice cooker.
But it's good for the basics of making different types of basic dishes in your rice cooker.
NOTE: This is not actually a gluten-free cookbook. It covers all kinds of grains---many of which are gluten-free.
We've used this book to make very good quinoa and amazing! polenta. The polenta! Ah! The polenta! Our rice cooker makes the creamiest polenta ever. If you have a good rice cooker and want to do more with it, this is the book for you. It's almost a textbook. Such a great resource.
We've used this book to make very good quinoa and amazing! polenta. The polenta! Ah! The polenta! Our rice cooker makes the creamiest polenta ever. If you have a good rice cooker and want to do more with it, this is the book for you. It's almost a textbook. Such a great resource.
I've tried a few of the recipes and I liked them a lot. This book is MUCH better than the slow cooker book by the same authors. But I might be biased because I prefer my rice cooker and think it's superior.
One of the best written and most informative cookbooks I have, and I have hundreds.
I've read the book but haven't tried any of the recipes yet so I'm going to hold off rating until I have some practical experience with the recipes under my belt. I like what I've seen, though!
Beth Hensperger is one of my favorite cookbook authors, and my children love rice dishes. So this one was a no brainer. One of the best ideas from this book was making different breakfast grain dishes in the rice cooker.
Apr 25, 2011
stephanie
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4 of 5 stars
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I need a bigger rice cooker!
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Beth Hensperger is a passionate professional- and home- baker who is both extremely creative and extraordinarily prolific as an author and developer of quality recipes. Her training included a ten-year apprenticeship as a restaurant and hotel pastry chef as well as having her own custom wedding cake business and attending classes given by some of the top bakers in America. Though restaurant traine...more
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