Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We love rice cookers — they're convenient and always cook up perfect grains without any fuss. That said, there's only so much rice ...

One-use kitchen tools? Boo to that! Who wants to spend precious cabinet storage space on a gadget you can use to make one thing? (Unless that one thing is healthy mint chocolate chip ice cream!) ...

I use my rice cooker weekly - mostly for ice. More recently, I've been experimenting with other foods you can make in these small, slow cookers. A rice cooker is simple to operate and easy to clean, ...

Cooking basmati rice in a rice cooker gives you long, separate grains with very little effort. Using the right water ratio keeps the rice light instead of soft or clumped. This method works with most ...

“Do you always make everything from scratch, the old-fashioned way?” That’s a question I’m asked often by people who love to cook. My answer has two parts, just like the question itself. I begin by ...

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM For Melanie Kosaka, food represents more than what we pop into our mouths or fry in a pan. Kosaka’s bustling lifestyle of 60-hour workweeks often keeps her ...

That’s a question I’m asked often by people who love to cook. My answer has two parts, just like the question itself. I begin by telling people that, yes, I make everything from scratch whenever ...