A rice cooker might seem like a one-trick pony, but it's a multi-functional tool that's great for cooking much more than just rice. You can use it to steam vegetables and eggs using the steamer basket ...

These modern cooking tools with integrated systems make everything a lot easier to work with, and companies like Toshiba are making these cookers more widely available, notably with products such as ...

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