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Slow cookers regain popularity

February 3, 2010 Slow cookers – those retro workhorses of yore – are surging back to popularity. Gone are the days of cream of mushroom soup-coated roasts, simmered into bland oblivion. Now, foods as fresh and complex as creamy risottos and braised Basque chicken have ended up in the slow cooker and the results are downright yummy. But talk to any professional chef, including three who have penned recent cookbooks on the art of slow cooker cuisine, and chances are, you’ll hear sheepish confessions. “I have to be honest. It wasn’t my go-to for a long, long time,” says Cordon Bleu-trained Diane Phillips, author of “The Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever” (Chronicle Books, 544 pages, $24.95). Read more

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