How to Use cooker in a Sentence

cooker

noun
  • Dad was the traditional cooker of the big Sunday breakfast.
  • All these delicious, home-cooked, healthy foods can be made in a slow-cooker.
    Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2018
  • This shallow cooker is available in eight colors and is the perfect size to cook mac and cheese or brownies.
    Lauren Smith, House Beautiful, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Thermomix is yet another multi-cooker, best known among chefs in this country but found in home kitchens around the world.
    Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • It was supposed to be a safe, fast way to speed up cooking and promised to make slow-cooker style dinners appear in a heartbeat.
    Joe Ray, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The political pressure-cooker tested just how much steam could be contained inside the pot.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Plus, multi-cookers can cook rice, hard-boil eggs, make homemade yogurt, sterilize jars, bake desserts, and function as slow cookers.
    Samantha Gordon, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Unfortunately, slow-cookers are machines of great mystery to me.
    Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Most Irish recipes involve boiling all the ingredients into oblivion, which means my first step was to buy a slow-cooker.
    Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 16 Mar. 2018
  • If stew is too thin, thicken it by whisking a bit of the liquid from cooker in a small bowl with about 1 more tablespoon of flour, then whisk the smooth flour mixture into the stew.
    Atlanta Life, ajc, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Next on the list — rice cookers, said Helun Khongsai, a 45-year-old man who travels often to the village to see his mother.
    Vidhi Doshi, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Everything in the stores seems just right: the rice cookers, the aromatherapy diffusers, the modular storage boxes.
    Diana Budds, Curbed, 28 Mar. 2018
  • This slow-cooker version of the Philly classic has all the makings of a great sandwich: sharp provolone, garlicky broccoli rabe, and lots of jus from the pork for dipping.
    Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
  • In a 5- to 6-quart slow-cooker bowl, whisk together tomato sauce, chipotles and adobo, cumin, and 1/2 teaspoon salt; stir in garlic and onion.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 18 Apr. 2018
  • As the sap nears the end of evaporation, it is transferred into a finishing cooker to complete the transformation into maple syrup.
    Tyler Langan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Following her grandfather’s advice, Dunkley replaces her Blackstone cooker every three to five years and waits until the summer season is over to shop at lower prices.
    Erika Tulfo, CNN, 30 June 2024
  • Stir well, then put the bowl in the rice cooker and set to cook.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2019
  • Make the rice in the rice cooker and keep on the warm setting.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2019
  • The beans sit on the stove next to the sacred rice cooker.
    Julia Sherman, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Add the 1¼ cups of water to the rice cooker and turn on to cook.
    Susan Russo, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 June 2018
  • The birds can be skinned rather than plucked and will stay moist in the cooker.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Jan. 2020
  • Rice to put in the cooker with the timer set for breakfast.
    Tom Hanks, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Wipe out the inside of the cooker base with a soft damp cloth.
    Lynn Redmile, Good Housekeeping, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Add the bones and braising liquids from the slow-cooker to the broth.
    Cosmo Genova, Field & Stream, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Use the low setting and keep them in the slow-cooker no longer than 4 hours.
    Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Keep the braise or soup over low heat for hours as a make-shift slow-cooker.
    Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Here’s how to do it in the slow-cooker. Shirley’s Coffee Cake.
    Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2022
  • There is a fried egg sitting in the frying pan on top of the cooker.
    Keith Ridgway, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021
  • In step 2, use a large saucepan instead of a rice cooker bowl.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2019
  • Prime Day rice cooker deals Rice cookers—especially really nice rice cookers—aren't the cheapest appliances in the world.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 16 July 2024

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