The engineering behind a rice cooker is actually quite ingenious,” shares chef Eric Huang, founder of New York’s Pecking ...

Getting it to the right fluffy texture is key to having perfect rice, but this is harder than it sounds. Make it quick and easy with the best rice cookers. We've tested a handful of models to find ...

One Amazon shopper called this rice cooker “the best thing since sliced bread,” and I happen to agree. It’s impressively versatile, great for multitasking, and ideal for making easy one-pot meals. My ...

While the technique is basically the same for what many people call steamed rice (although actually, it’s cooked in a pot, not in a steamer), a one-size-fits-all recipe is impossible because ...

presented the first rice cooker to Toshiba's energetic development manager, Shogo Yamada. The rest, as the cliché says, is history. How did a housewife get enlisted by Toshiba to perfect this ...

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In this video, learn how to cook perfect fluffy and sticky Japanese rice on the stove without a rice cooker. This easy method ...

Cooking oats in the rice cooker is helpful since it’s a hands-off method, making it perfectly safe to walk away from while it’s working. It’s easy to set up and enables you to fully immerse ...