Cookware

The term "waterless cooking" refers to a method of cooking without adding extra water. Instead, you rely on the water and fats inherent in the food being cooked. Waterless cookware is specially...

Cooking a healthy, vegetable-based meal using waterless cookware can be done by even the most inexperienced cooks. In addition to eating a vegetarian diet, which contains no meat, fish, or...

Since 1932, Rival brand appliances have redefined cooking---giving homeowners and chefs around the world new, more efficient and faster methods to cook meals. The Rival brand Automatic Steamer and...

The Turbo Cooker is a stove-top item that allows you to make complete meals, entrees or even desserts without adding a lot of extra fat, if any. The Turbo Cooker can prepare many dishes in as...

Delicate sauces, such as Hollandaise, are best prepared in a double boiler. Double boilers should also be used when melting solid chocolate or wax. A double boiler is a pan designed for indirect...

When in doubt, improvise. These wise words have carried many cooks through ingredient substitutions and even through kitchen tools they don't own but should be using. Take, for example, a steamer....

The West Bend company began making waterless cookware in the 1920s and today it is still the primary name in waterless cooking. As the name implies, waterless cooking requires no water or oil...

The basic set-up for a double boiler involves two pots. Some are sold in sets specifically for double boiling but as long as one pot can rest on top of another and hold in the steam created by the...

A pressure cooker is a kind of pot with a lid equipped with a rubber gasket. The lid creates a seal that prevents liquid, steam and air from escaping, except at a certain pressure under controlled...

A very easy way to make a steamer with your pot of choice and tin foil if you don't have one and need to use one for a recipe.

Pressure cooking has long been an option in home cooking, whether it's to cook dinner or to preserve food. Historically, a pressure cooker is a large metal pot with a sealed lid and a pressure...

Rice cookers come in a variety of shapes with varying features. They take the pressure away from having to cook rice the traditional way by standing over a stove, constantly monitoring the rice...

The convection oven is a nice option for cooking, baking, broiling and even defrosting. For those who need extra cooking facilities, a convection oven can be handy. For those who would like an...

The steamer is an ideal cooking tool for making rice. It makes it simple as all you have to do is put the water in the steamer and the rice in the steaming bowl. This can allow you to be creative...

Steaming is a healthy, fat free cooking method that takes less time than boiling. By steaming your dinner, you can lock in flavor and nutrients that would have been lost in discarded boiling...

Steamers are a quick, healthy and easy way to prepare a wide variety of foods. They can be used on everything from broccoli to brussel sprouts, with beets and bananas in between. The most popular...

Waterless cookware is designed to cook by steaming instead of boiling food. Boiling food causes the nutrients to come out of the food. Nutrients then go down the sink, instead of into you, when...

The Turbo Cooker made its appearance in a TV infomercial that highlighted its innovative design and its power to transform ingredients into a healthy meal in a matter of minutes.The secret of the...

Steaming vegetables is one of the most healthy ways you can prepare them. When they are steamed, vegetables don't lose any of the nutrients and vitamins they do when prepared in other ways....

A vegetable steamer is a kitchen appliance that cooks vegetables by way of steam. Water is filled into the lower of the two chambers that typically make up this sort of domestic device. This water...

In Asian countries, rice is the staple of the diet, so it is no surprise that the automatic rice cooker originated in Japan in the 1950s. Since then, this appliance has become popular in the...