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The Pot and How to Use It: The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker Paperback – September 21, 2010

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  • Paperback: 111 pages
  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (September 21, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0740791427
  • ISBN-13: 978-0740791420
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.5 x 8.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,559 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsVery interesting cookbook and semi memoire
By S. Sweeney on October 2, 2010
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This is not your usual cookbook.

First, it lets you know that you really can cook other foods besides rice in the most basic (or fancy) rice cooker.

Second, it's not an extensive recipe book. There are some recipes, yes, but the book encourages you to try your own ideas.

Third, the text is lively, witty, and entertaining. Roger Ebert's voice is not stilled.

Fourth, buy it just to read it as a book, but you'll probably end up also buying a rice cooker or using the one you have for more foods than rice.
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4.0 out of 5 starsTechnically, this is his blog.
By Heather L. Murphy on February 9, 2011
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You're most likely to enjoy this book if you buy it understanding what it is:

It's a blog entry.

The book's first section is the long blog entry from Ebert's blog about how to use a rice cooker to make all the food you need to eat. It's a great blog entry. It's funny, and informative, and it really will expand your vision of how you can use your rice cooker. It's well worth reading.

The second section is a bunch of rice-cooker recipes, submitted by Ebert's readers in the blog entry's comments section.

So definitely buy it, if you'd like to read an entertaining essay on how you can eat healthily and well using nothing but a rice cooker and your imagination, and some specific ideas expanding on that idea. You'll probably enjoy it.

But be aware that it isn't very long, it isn't really a 'cookbook' in the traditional sense, and it's all also available on his blog.

I bought it, though, and I have no regrets. And it occurred to me to come write a review because I'm just finishing eating a very tasty supper that I cooked in the rice cooker using what I learned from this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsNot a typical cookbook, but fun to read
By Steve Cross on October 8, 2012
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This is definitely NOT a step by step, add these ingredients, follow these steps kind of cookbook. And I imagine that more than a few purists and self-styled gourmets will turn their noses up at it, but it is very entertaining and informative. If you enjoy Ebert's writing style (and share or at least understand his world view) I can almost guarantee you will enjoy this (cook)book.

In a nutshell, this is a book about how to make good food easily, with a minimum of fuss or equipment. And at least 90% of the time, that is all I have time (or energy) to do. The overriding theme seems to be shortcuts and simplicity, and at least in my opinion, that is a very good thing.
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3.0 out of 5 starsMusings on the rice cooker, but not a cookbook
By Geneva Girl on November 8, 2011
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I love Roger Ebert and his writing. It's his wonderful writing that make this an engaging book. If, however, you are looking for hard core recipes, this is not the book for you. Most of the recipes are supplied by posters on his blog. I would have loved more recipes, but that would have gone against Ebert's philosophy of a little of this and a little bit of that. It's all very loose.
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3.0 out of 5 starsA guide book not a recipe book
By R.T. Vance on September 29, 2010
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Like a new guide on an African Safari this book tells you everything you needed to know, but nothing particularly useful! It is cleverly written but spends entirely to much time telling you why you need to have the pot, and of course why you need to have the pot, not to forget why you need to have the pot. I bought the book knowing I needed the pot, I didn't need to be told why!

After I got half way through I figured I could be my own Safari guide, particularly when I got to the multiple pages of people just like you who had bought the pot and decided they needed to say something... I skipped to the end, I'm sure there was useful information in there but I had already been told why I needed to have the pot. There was around 20 pages of recipes, in a 128 pages of book.

For an entertaining read I'd borrow this one from the library, and buy an actual cook book for the pot.
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2.0 out of 5 starsLacks Specifics
By S. A. Smith on September 27, 2010
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I'm single and not a cook and pre-ordered this thinking it would be right up my alley. Not so. Most of the book is very general narrative about the pot being fun and good and trying things out. The few recipes there are require a giant rice cooker, not the 3 cup version I have at home. I ended up making the split pea soup in a large deep pan on my stove and it's tasty, but it wasn't a one step throw it in the pot deal. I also tried the rice pudding, which lacked any pudding element whatsoever. It came out pretty dry, even before baking. I don't recommend this book for recipes for any level of cook.
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5.0 out of 5 starsInspirational
By Boooooks on April 18, 2013
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I gave this book five stars because it prompted me to buy the cheapest rice cooker I could find (as recommended therein) and follow a few directions and experiment. Experiment I did, combining one of the suggestions from the book with a recipe I found on the web and then changing ingredients to match what I had on hand. Result? A delicious meal for family of 4 with little effort on my part. (In fact I dictated the instructions to my 14-year-old grandson over the phone so all I had to do at home was finish the preparation by throwing in a few handfuls of egg noodles and some fresh broccoli and waiting about 20 more minutes.) Yummy. Chicken drumsticks in sauce with noodles and broccoli cooked in rice cooker. Who knew?
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Enjoyable Read!
By Joybunny on April 3, 2011
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This is not a cookbook for folks looking for recipes... this is a book for folks looking for an adventure. There are many who write better reviews than me so I will let them, but I will say that this is an enjoyable and fun read for those looking for something food related but not food centric. This is about Roger's life and journeys and his love of food in an entertaining way - much like his reviews.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars

ok

Published 2 months ago by tom flaherty
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great book! Unique!

Published 5 months ago by Arthur Weinberg
5.0 out of 5 starsYou changed my life for the better!

It's all on his blog. I got it from the library but returned it and got my own copy! ;)

Because the words (" I'm talking to you.....girl waiting by the phone.... Read more

Published 5 months ago by xxoo
1.0 out of 5 starsNot actually a cookboox

This book sucks. It's a story about the author's experience using a rice cooker. It doesn't actually tell you how to use one. I wanted a book that would teach me to use mine. Read more

Published 6 months ago by David Kester
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat read!

Great read, and delicious recipes

Published 11 months ago by Jethro
2.0 out of 5 starsSkip the book; read the blog

I am a huge fan of both Ebert and rice-cookers. His original blog post from several years ago is what inspired me to get a rice-cooker. Read more

Published 12 months ago by Frank
4.0 out of 5 starsRoger Ebert at his best.

Interesting Ebert et al.

Published 12 months ago by Elizabeth L. Alexander
4.0 out of 5 starsOkay ??

Arrived on time and in good condition - I guess I'm used to more specific recipes (and I usually adjust from there) - Mr. Read more

Published 13 months ago by Pickard
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Perfect!

Published 15 months ago by Amazon Customer
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Thank you.

Published 22 months ago by ej

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