Article: Kit out the kitchen on a budget; Do you really need to have the latest gadgets with all the extras - and the price tag to go with it - or is something more basic just as good? We asked Irish Daily Mirror readers to put them to the test.(Features)

Article: Slow cooker in fast lane.(Spotlight)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  December 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... strip? Where else will you plug in your slow cooker? Even the ultra-fussy party hostess ... But first, let's take care of a few slow-cooker stereotypes: They're not avocado ... creme fraiche? "Some of the old (slow cooker) recipes, you go, 'Oh, my God ...

Article: Slow cooker moves into 21st century
Charleston Daily Mail;  December 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... slowcooking tips and to find a recipe for Slow-Cooker Beef and Barley Soup. If you've been ... the other hand ... But what if your slow cooker greeted you at day's end with dinner ... wrote "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slow Cooker Cooking," and filled the book with ...

Article: Slow Healthy meals the slow cooker ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  January 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... weapon that you've overlooked - a slow cooker. "There are a wide range of dishes you can make in a slow cooker ... it took a while for me to realize ... Finlayson, author of "175 Essential Slow Cooker Classics" (2006 Robert Rose ...

Article: SLOW-COOKER MEALS WORTH THE WAIT.(Living)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  January 19, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... we give you some recipes from "The Slow Cooker Ready & Waiting Cookbook: 160 ... Ready and Waiting" shows how to use the slow cooker, whose "best feature is its unique ... roast a turkey or bake a cake, the slow cooker can prepare side dishes that take well ...

Article: Slow-cooker meals that are worth waiting for
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  September 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... back to it, so today we give you "The Slow Cooker Ready & Waiting Cookbook: 160 Sumptuous ... Ready and Waiting" shows how to use the slow cooker, whose "best feature is its unique ... roast a turkey or bake a cake, the slow cooker can prepare side dishes that take well ...

Article: Can't Live without Your Slow Cooker? Now's the Time ...
Business Wire;  December 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... for the unsung kitchen hero -- the slow cooker -- in the first-ever "Ode to Slow ... contest sponsored by Betty Crocker(R) Slow Cooker Helper(R). The 1970s trend is back ... cooking more than ever. According to a Slow Cooker Helper national survey of 600 moms ages ...

Article: Much-maligned crock pot need not be mysterious Bring the ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 3, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... many family cooks since, have tried a slow cooker once or twice and were disappointed ... minor cooking disasters and put the slow cooker away, only to be haunted by its potential ... just because you're cooking with a slow cooker." You can't, for instance, stick ...