Editorial Reviews:
Book Description
Hearty stews. Rib-sticking chilis. Tender pot roasts. The real secret is a long, slow simmer at a constant temperature, and no appliance does this better than the slow cooker. If your old slow cooker recipes disappointed you, throw them away! The Slow Cooker Ready and Waiting Cookbook is for people who love good food! Rick Rodgers has adapted an eclectic array of American and ethnic dishes for the slow cooker. They're all here: fancy fare (Farmer's Market Lobster and Corn Chowder, Sweet and Sour Brisket, Erna's Sauerbraten), everyday favorites (Ground Beef Chili with Cornmeal Dumplings and Herbed Tomato Sauce with Parmesan Meatballs), side dishes (Potatoes Euphoria, Smothered Green Beans, Sugarbush Beans) -- even desserts (Strawberry-Strawberry Cheesecake, Bourbon Bread Pudding, and Lemon-Raspberry Pudding Cake). Ideal for entertaining, the slow cooker keeps crowd-pleasing dips and holiday punches warm from the beginning of the party to when the last guest leaves. A special section explains how to choose the right-size slow cooker for your needs, how to adapt a favorite recipe, and what can (and can't) be prepared in a slow cooker.
Customer Reviews:
Review #1: Amazing!
2007-03-10 
If you are looking for a slow cooker book that is simple and delicious, you have found it!
Review #2: ...And I have only just read it..............
2007-02-25
Haven't cooked any of the recipes from this new aquisition just yet, but reading through the first 70 or so pages (I read cookbooks like some read novels), I see that the recipes are not just your average re-hashed beef stew, chili, chicken soup fare. Having said that, I did spot all these classics in one form or another, but not the same ol' boring versions as so many slow cooker books are crammed full of.
I am the type of cook that just uses recipes (generally speaking) as jumping off points to the actual end result, and these look to be particularly inspiring. Don't know how useful my review is, since I haven't actually TASTED anything from the book, but what I've seen so far sure sounds yummy.....................
Review #3: Great tastes!
2006-11-11 
Nicely written recipies, easy to understand and no fancy ingredients or techniques needed. Some recipies take longer due to pre-cooking browning, etc., but worth the extra effort.
Review #4: Very good cook book, worth acquiring
2006-06-29
The layout in my '98 paperback edition is quaint, at best, but the information is top-notch, an interesting assortment of dishes, most of which I'm interested in making. While this book isn't as pretty as some others, the information is unique, I like Rick Rodgers' writing style -- lots of useful information and food combinations I don't imagine that I'd have ever thought of. I'd like to see this cook book updated, I'd buy another copy. It would be really great if it had a spiral binding, so that it would lay flat -- I love details like that, making things truly useful.
This is a good cook book, buy it!
Review #5: A Surprisingly Wonderful Cookbook
2006-04-25
I bought this book not expecting it to be as good as the reviews I read here. After all, I couldn't imagine yet another crockpot cookbook to be different from the 6 other crockpot cookbooks I own...but I was wrong. The first dish I tried, Bistro Beef Bourguignon, was simply fabulous (even my fussy teenage son liked it) and our house was filled with the most mouthwatering aroma. I agree with the other reviewers that you'll spend a fair amount of time putting everything together before you actually create the finished product, but it's time well spent. Too, you'll probably need to cook these recipes on the weekend, as they're not of the throw-everything-in-the-pot-and-walk-away kind. If you enjoy cooking and eating trully wonderful meals, this is the best book of its kind out there. |
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