The Pot and How to Use It: The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker

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Beef of the Past and Future. Jeffrey Saad's Global Kitchen. Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2. The Joy of Home Distilling. The Most Delightful Breakfast Recipes. A Simple Guide To Barbecuing. Fast Metabolism Diet Thanksgiving Recipes Fast Metabolism Diet Community. Anti Inflammatory Diet For Beginners: The Great Movies II. Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length: More Movies That Suck. Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews Ebert's Bigger Little Movie Glossary. Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook The Great Movies IV. Awake in the Dark. The Pot and How to Use It: The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker.

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Apr 06, Yvonne rated it it was ok Recommended to Yvonne by: NYTimes re Roger Ebert's death. The rice cooker will cook more than rice. That pretty well sums up this book. Jul 23, Lesli rated it liked it Shelves: If you are expecting a cookbook with recipes, you are doomed to disappointment. If you are expecting Roger Ebert's voice, style, and attitude to ring through, you will be pleased. This slim volume is more about the attitude and philosophy of cooking rather than ingredients. Mar 07, Jim rated it liked it. This was a short, fun book that entertained me for at least an hour.

I've always respected the late Roger Ebert's opinions, and getting this tantalizing view into his home life was enjoyable and a little sad after the fact. He wrote this love letter to rice cookers after his condition prevented him from eating on his own, and that makes it all the more touching. But enough about that, let's talk rice cookers.

I personally love my own rice cooker very much, and have for years, but I've always bee This was a short, fun book that entertained me for at least an hour. I personally love my own rice cooker very much, and have for years, but I've always been a bit timid about cooking equipment. As a result, I've never used my rice cooker for anything but, well, cooking rice. This book is intended to help break one's shackles to conformity, and to free one's rice cooker to do any and all the amazing things it can do. I am bewildered by all the possibilities, and a little afraid of the disasters I might create in attempting to try some of these ideas, but Mr.

Ebert does a wonderful job of encouraging trial-and-error and experimentation. These are just the words I've needed to hear for so long. May 06, Tricia rated it it was ok Shelves: I bought a rice cooker some years ago, in part because of numerous people saying "it's really versatile, you can use it for more than just rice!


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Rice in the rice pot takes longer than on the stove, so if I hadn't planned the menu ahead it wasn't necessarily convenient either. Fast forward to I read in an Ebert obit that he'd published this book about rice cookers I bought a rice cooker some years ago, in part because of numerous people saying "it's really versatile, you can use it for more than just rice! I read in an Ebert obit that he'd published this book about rice cookers, so I got it from the library.

And again, I feel cheated.


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As others have said: The thing is, the recipes that are not just a grain would be, quite frankly, easier in a crock pot or on the cooktop e. The ones that seem uniquely suited to the rice cooker are few and far between: Oh we'll, now I know - and I guess I'll keep looking for creative ideas for my rice cooker! View all 3 comments. This book could be subtitled, "The zen of rice cookers. The book is essentially split into three sections: We've already established that Roge This book could be subtitled, "The zen of rice cookers. We've already established that Roger loved his rice cooker, but what about parts 2 and 3 of the book?

They're equally charming, with readers asking questions accompanied by Roger's often pithy replies.

The Pot and How to Use It: The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker by Roger Ebert

The reader recipes in the third section of the book are varied and actually looked quite tasty. I enjoyed this book so much that although I read it via the Oyster Android app on my Onyx Boox T68 e-ink reader, I then bought a Kindle version to "keep. Jan 25, Jake McCrary rated it liked it Shelves: A recent addition to my life has been a fancy rice cooker.

The Pot as Ebert calls it has cooked up numerous cups of rice with minimal fuss. I heard rumors of rice cookers being used for more than just rice and was lead to acquire this short book that claims to explain the mystery and romance of the rice cooker. This is a book that encourages its reader to experiment.

The book starts with Ebert explaining why the Pot is the most important tool in your kitchen. He claims this magical device can b A recent addition to my life has been a fancy rice cooker. He claims this magical device can be used to cook just about anything with minimal effort. Ebert fairly successfully convinces the reader that the Pot can be used for more than just rice.

There are some recipes in the book. They are minimal and more of guidelines. The book encourages you to be an explorer and try experiments and tweak as necessary. It is unclear to me if the suggestions in this book will work with fancier fuzzy logic rice cookers. Ebert suggests getting one of the dumber ones. Oct 31, Emily rated it it was ok Shelves: I found this book to be just plain odd. First of all, it should be known that I requested it from my library without knowing it was Roger Ebert. I just wanted a book on things I could make with my rice cooker.

Which I kind of got.

I don't know how else to describe it. When I read the first half of the book, I just kept thinking it was really weird.

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And I might try to cook a few things in the rice cooker, but I'm not sure the recipes in the book, what few there actua I found this book to be just plain odd. And I might try to cook a few things in the rice cooker, but I'm not sure the recipes in the book, what few there actually were, are really going to be helpful. Sep 14, Sasha rated it it was ok Shelves: This book is crazier than I expected. It's not at all my style of cookbook. I prefer to have someone tell me exactly what to do But I want to have a really specific base line.

I don't have a great tolerance for screwing up when I cook, so I'm not one for learning how to prepare stuff "the hard way" as he recommends. This book was a short, interesting, and funny read. Someone who's more into winging it in the kitchen might enjoy this book more. I think the bo This book is crazier than I expected. I think the book would have been a lot better if it had just been co-written with proper cookbook person. Oct 05, Patricia rated it liked it Shelves: Roger Ebert is a funny man. Aside from the fact that he clearly loves movies, his writing style and general giddiness is one reason I love to read him.

In this, he makes an argument for cooking with "the pot" by which he means a rice cooker. Apparently it's a one-pot cooking wonder. There's a line about men who cook in the introduction that slayed me and his argument was enough to convince me to buy a rice cooker, although I haven't done so at this juncture. Perhaps when I do get one, it won't d Roger Ebert is a funny man. Perhaps when I do get one, it won't die early on like the last one did. Feb 17, Richard rated it it was ok. The portions of the book written by Ebert are great and his interest and talent for writing shine through.

Since this book is essentially an expanded version of a blog post about the same subject the rest of the book highlights comments to the article, his occasional reply, and some recipes in the back. Since I didn't go into this expecting a cookbook, I'm happy to have read something written by Ebert. The rest of the book I could do without though and, since it's a rather short one, another read The portions of the book written by Ebert are great and his interest and talent for writing shine through. The rest of the book I could do without though and, since it's a rather short one, another reader's mileage will vary.

Dec 14, Sarah rated it liked it Shelves: The man just loves his rice cooker, and this book is adapted from a post, or posts, on his blog about the topic.

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As such, the information is quite thin--lots of display pages and reprints of blog comments not fun to read in a book form, by the way. I am thinking about getting a rice cooker now, and this did give me some ideas about ways to use it, but I wanted more. More recipes, more nutritional information, more information on whether a rice cooker would be redundant with my trusty Crock Pot Apr 22, Jimmy rated it liked it. A fun and witty book by Roger Ebert. Or rather, a series of blog posts. Parts of the book were reader comments, and the last part of the book included recipes to use with a rice cooker.

I sort of imagined this as an "Easy 5 ingredients" type of cookbook, but many of these recipes seemed to have too much going on for a simple rice cooker recipe. I prefer using a slow cooker, something I can prepare in the morning and have it ready by the time I get home from work. I like that too.

Dec 25, Tracy rated it liked it Shelves: Interesting book focusing on Roger Ebert's lifelong fascination with a rice cooker. It makes me want to buy one but I'm not convinced it's the only cooking item one would ever need. It's interesting from a reader's perspective given that Roger Ebert can no longer eat and receives all of his nutrition through a G tube.

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Basically, you can cook any dried good in the rice cooker - beans, grits, grains, and of course rice. You will mess up some times, but you'll usually get it right and be happier for it. Recipes aren't that useful, and this is just an expanded blog post. But I'd read a grocery list that Roger Ebert wrote, so it's good.

Aug 14, Nissa Holtkamp rated it really liked it. I was given a copy of this book by Ebert himself, and although I was completely unaware of rice cookers, I had to check it out. I love Ebert's straightforward, informative, and jovial writing style. I had no interest in a rice cookers before reading this, but the humble pot is now on my Christmas list. Mar 10, Jaime rated it really liked it Shelves: I've read the first couple of chapters and haven't seen an actual recipe yet, but have laughed several times. Also just have to be amazed that this book is written by a man made famous by his taste in films, and who also can no longer eat.

But he still cooks. With a rice cooker. The book was funnier than a normal recipe book, and while I didn't get too many new ideas I enjoyed reading it. Sep 21, Jack rated it liked it. It's nice to hear the "voice" of Roger Ebert, and the recipes are fine, but not particularly revelatory. It's one of those books that would be good for someone who had never heard of a rice cooker, and needed convincing. Anyone has owned a rice cooker, or even if you just bought one, you'll find a much drier but more useful manual with your purchase.

Jan 05, Elizabeth rated it liked it. The humor in the book is wonderful. However, I'm not sure how helpful it is to someone like me who doesn't create well in the kitchen. The number of recipes are limited and I expected more practical tools. Jan 16, Iain K. Macleod rated it it was ok.

Poorly laid out, extension of a blog post. Motivational enough to dig out your rice cooker but not as life-changing as I would have hoped. Would make a good companion gift with a cheap rick cooker to a college freshman. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. After Siskel's death in , he auditioned several potential replacements, ultimately choo Roger Joseph Ebert was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic and screenwriter.

After Siskel's death in , he auditioned several potential replacements, ultimately choosing Richard Roeper to fill the open chair.