The Pot and How to Use It: The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker

By Roger Ebert, Anna Thomas and Yvonne Nienstadt

A guide to the handy kitchen appliance, plus a range of recipes, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning movie critic.

In The Pot and How to Use It, Roger Ebert—Pulitzer Prize–winning film critic, admitted “competent cook,” and long-time electric rice cooker enthusiast—gives readers a charming, practical guide to this handy and often-overlooked kitchen appliance.

While The Pot and How to Use It contains numerous and surprisingly varied recipes for electric rice cookers, it is much more than a cookbook. Originating from a blog entry on Roger’s popular Web site, the book also includes readers’ comments and recipes alongside Roger’s own discerning insights and observations on why and how we cook.

With an introduction by vegetarian cookbook author Anna Thomas and expert assistance from recipe consultant and nutritionist Yvonne Nienstadt, The Pot and How to Use It is perfect for fans of Roger’s superb writing, as well as anyone looking to incorporate the convenience and versatility of electric rice cookers into his or her kitchen repertoire.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Sep 21, 2010
• ISBN: 9781449406011

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Reviews for The Pot and How to Use It

[encephalical · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Rating the writing, which is wonderful, though this started out on his blog and I'd read some of it before. Haven't tried any of the recipes but in a certain sense, they're only to be taken into consideration.

[jms001 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A fun and witty book by Roger Ebert. Or rather, a series of blog posts. Parts of the book were reader comments, and the last part of the book included recipes to use with a rice cooker. I sort of imagined this as an "Easy 5 ingredients" type of cookbook, but many of these recipes seemed to have too much going on for a simple rice cooker recipe. I prefer using a slow cooker, something I can prepare in the morning and have it ready by the time I get home from work. Or cooking….I like that too.