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Cook the Book: Cooking Under Pressure

"We'll be featuring recipes for broths, stews, and vegetarian dishes that usually require hours of cooking time and pitting them against the quick-cooked versions." While watching an episode of Iron Chef America a few weeks ago I noticed early in the competition that both chefs were making very good use of their pressure cookers. They were cooking tough cuts of meat and tenderizing vegetables that usually call for hours of cooking time in a matter of minutes. This got me thinking: Why don't more home cooks use these seemingly miraculous kitchen appliances? I have never used a pressure cooker, and it has barely ever crossed my mind to try one. I've seen plenty of them on thrift store shelves and...

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366 Comments | Posted by Caroline Russock, January 18, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Tagged: contests, Cook the Book, Cooking Under Pressure, Lorna Sass

Cook the Book: 'Whole Grains: Every Day, Every Way'

This week's Cook the Book again mines the healthy theme that's in keeping with the month of January (resolutions, diets, better eating) with Lorna Sass's Whole Grains: Every Day, Every Way. With this book, Sass won the healthy-focus cookbook category in the 2007 James Beard Awards. And with good reason—Whole Grains aims to help readers put its namesake foodstuff into everyday dishes in ways that are not only good for us but that are actually healthy and delicious. Win This Book As is the case with our weekly Cook the Book feature, we've five (5) copies to give away. All you have to do is tell us in the comments: What whole grain do you find easiest to incorporate into...

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469 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 21, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Tagged: books, contests, Cook the Book, cookbooks, Lorna Sass, whole grains, Whole Grains Every Day