How to Use cooker in a Sentence
cooker
noun- Dad was the traditional cooker of the big Sunday breakfast.
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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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