We love rice cookers — they're convenient and always cook up perfect grains without any fuss. That said, there's only so much rice we can eat, and for a lot of the time, ours just eats up precious ...

At its core, a rice cooker cooks rice by relying on a water-to-grain ratio and switching from cook to warm mode once the water has been fully absorbed. To that end, any grain that relies on this ...

One-use kitchen tools? Boo to that! Who wants to spend precious cabinet storage space on a gadget you can use to make one thing? (Unless that one thing is healthy mint chocolate chip ice cream!) ...

“Do you always make everything from scratch, the old-fashioned way?” That’s a question I’m asked often by people who love to cook. My answer has two parts, just like the question itself. I begin by ...

Rice cookers are a staple of Japanese kitchens. After using them in China and now in Japan, I’ve discovered how versatile they can be. Many people believe that you can only make rice in a rice cooker, ...

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM For Melanie Kosaka, food represents more than what we pop into our mouths or fry in a pan. Kosaka’s bustling lifestyle of 60-hour workweeks often keeps her ...

That’s a question I’m asked often by people who love to cook. My answer has two parts, just like the question itself. I begin by telling people that, yes, I make everything from scratch whenever ...