re: Rice Cooker

Hi Katie - I don't have a rice cooker - but I do have a neat cookbook - Lora Brody's PLUGGED IN - she has chapters on 20 best kitchen appliances - and its really neat. Maybe you can check to see if your public library has this - or if its at a book store, you could browse through it.

I think the chapter is about 17 pages - 2 or 3 of general ideas/how tos and then 16 recipes. I'll list the titles and if there is 1 or 2 you'd particularly like - please respond and I'll try to put it up here.

White rice; Brown rice; Chicken-apple quiche; Rice Ole'; Chicken Congee; Risotto a la Grecque; Wild Rice; Wild Rice Salad; Quinoa with Vegetables; Vegetable Porridge; Rice Cooker Mashed Potatoes; Crnberry-bourbon relish; Vegetable stock; Chicken stock (or soup); Thai chicken soup; Smoked Corn chowder.

I've really enjoyed this cook book - found some 'interesting' and some delicious uses for some of my appliances. Lots, of course, are things I already do .. but she really tried EVERYTHING with some of these 20 different kitchen appliances!

Let me know if you want one of the above recipes and I'll post it. Good cooking!