Slow Cooker 101 : Master the Slow Cooker with 101 Great Recipes

One of the first titles in "Surrey's 101" series, this title is devoted to presenting readers with 101 great, tested recipes in a given category, featuring great kitchen and how-to tips, beautiful color photographs, and a clean, simple, contemporary design. This new series by Surrey Books launches with an everything-you-need-to-know guide to using the slow cooker, and features 101 delicious and diverse recipes, all of which have been thoroughly kitchen-tested to ensure you have success every time you make one. "Slow Cooker 101" starts with a detailed introduction that covers the basics of slow-cooking and discusses helpful how-to's, insider tips, and keys to best results. This book - and all the books in the 101 series - features a simple, contemporary-looking design that's as clear-cut as it is elegant, with measures calculated using both traditional and metric quantities. Scattered throughout are beautiful full-colour photographs that enhance the book's visual appeal. This is a practical, hands-on kitchen resource that will also look great on the shelf - and because its flexi-binding is sewn, it's supremely easy to keep open and flat on your kitchen counter while you're cooking from it. Perfect both for beginners and more experienced cooks looking to broaden their kitchen horizons, "Slow Cooker 101's" breadth of recipes are drawn from a wide range of culinary traditions. Among the delicious recipes include: Beef Stroganoff, Lamb Biryani, Paella, Winter Vegetable Risotto, Corn Pudding, Chicken Mole, and Cioppino. "Slow Cooker 101" will be an essential addition to the ranks of slow cooker cookbooks, and the "101" series it premiers is positioned to become a popular resource for contemporary home cooks.

Perrin Davis is co-editor of Surrey's 101 series. She lives in suburban Chicago.