Slow Cooker article in Newsday
Newsday!
Cook dinner while you sleep! Cook dinner while you're away at work! Cook dinner while you run errands, shlep the kids, plow the back 40 and recaulk your bathtub!
It's the siren song of the slow cooker. About 83 percent of American kitchens contain a slow cooker, according to the 2008 Kitchen Audit by market research firm NPD Group, meaning cookers are as common as coffeemakers, says NPD's Peter Goldman.
It makes sense. Slow cookers are a multitasker's dream, burbling away on the counter while you're off doing - whatever. Who wouldn't want to come home at the end of a tough day to a house full of mouthwatering aromas and dinner ready to serve? Slow cookers were introduced in 1971 by Rival, which dubbed its squat little appliance the Crock-Pot. Since then, a host of other companies have begun making slow cookers at prices that range from about $20 for a simple model to $280 for a top-of-the-line unit from All-Clad
(((there is tips and receipes on the link)))
Cook dinner while you sleep! Cook dinner while you're away at work! Cook dinner while you run errands, shlep the kids, plow the back 40 and recaulk your bathtub!
It's the siren song of the slow cooker. About 83 percent of American kitchens contain a slow cooker, according to the 2008 Kitchen Audit by market research firm NPD Group, meaning cookers are as common as coffeemakers, says NPD's Peter Goldman.
It makes sense. Slow cookers are a multitasker's dream, burbling away on the counter while you're off doing - whatever. Who wouldn't want to come home at the end of a tough day to a house full of mouthwatering aromas and dinner ready to serve? Slow cookers were introduced in 1971 by Rival, which dubbed its squat little appliance the Crock-Pot. Since then, a host of other companies have begun making slow cookers at prices that range from about $20 for a simple model to $280 for a top-of-the-line unit from All-Clad
(((there is tips and receipes on the link)))
