We still shudder over the canned-soup-centric recipe booklet that came with the slow cooker we bought 20 years ago. But the publishing world has brought us a slew of new slow-cooker cookbooks that ...

Using a slow cooker is a great way to get dinner on the table without doing lots of cooking, and makes for hearty, nutritious ...

Push one button and your food is done. Is that really realistic? That’s what the Perfect Cooker is supposed to do. But will it work? Let me try it before you buy it. From looking at the infomercial, ...

"THE MAGICAL SLOW COOKER: Recipes for Busy Moms," by Sarah Olson, Front Table Books, $19.99, 224 pages As a full-time mail carrier and mom, Sarah Olson struggled to find time and motivation to cook ...