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Review: The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook
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The ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook By Beth Hensperger & Julie Kaufmann ISBN: 1558322027 Publisher: Harvard Common Press Publication date: Jan. 2002 Format: hardcover List price: $24.95 (Canada, UK) |
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| Type: Single Subject: Appliance: Rice Cooker | |||||
| Sample recipe: Steamed Ginger Salmon & Asparagus in Black Bean Sauce | |||||
| Ambitions | |||||
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| intended audience: | novice | advanced beginner | good home cook | gourmet | professional |
| apparent goal: | stocking stuffer | sampler | comprehensive | Biblical stature | coffee-table |
| competition: | outclassed | also-ran | midrange | strong challenger | leads the pack |
| Content | |||||
| # of recipes: | <50 | <100 | <200 | <300 | >300 |
| practical recipes: | <20% | <40% | <60% | <80% | >80% |
| # of ingredients: | <3 | <6 | <9 | <12 | >12 |
| ingredient hunt: | 7-11 | pantry | supermarket | online | airfare required |
| recipe complexity: | baby steps | simple | medium | intense | professional |
| instructions: | inadequate | bare bones | full figured | educational | verbose |
| time conscious: | outright lies | speed of light | fairly quick | takes time | takes all day |
| photos/drawings: | skimpy | adequate | generous | instructive | glorious |
| recipe results: | dorm food | casual food | family meals | fancy food | fit for royalty |
| flavor quotient: | disappointing | fair | good | delicious | exceptional |
| Format | |||||
| layout: | ick | cluttered | clean | kind to cooks | work of art |
| legibility: | microscopic | challenging | adequate | clear | brilliant |
| production quality: | cheesy | questionable | years of service | gift-quality | stunning |
| value: | ouch! | a little pricey | on the money | excellent | worth splurging |
| Ease of Use | |||||
| page numbers: | invisible | hard to find | spotty | adequate | obvious |
| table of contents: | missing | frustrating | passable | useful | helpful |
| index quality: | none | tragic | adequate | good | excellent |
| page flipping: | infuriating | tedious | acceptable | rare | never |
| Author | |||||
| writer: | hack | cook turned writer | writer turned cook | comedian | auteur |
| cook: | self-taught | non-restaurant | chef | teacher | celebrity |
| Summary | |||||
| overall rating: | fair | good | above average | excellent | Ochef Top 100 |
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Comments: If you don't have a rice cooker yet, chances are you will soon — their popularity is soaring. If you have one and don't use it — gasp! — here is a book that will help you make full use of it. It goes well beyond the realm of rice, encouraging you to cook whole meals at once in the rice cooker. Soups, desserts, porridges, bean dishes, and much more show up, as do the pilafs, risottos, and other rice dishes that you would expect in a book on this subject. There is also lots of information on types of rice, and
on different brands of rice cookers.
Following the comprehensive approach Hensperger has taken in her thousands of other cookbooks, the instructions and related information here are clear and comprehensive. We are not smitten with the light orange and light green type throughout the book, though, which are just a little hard to read. |
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