Long-time readers will know that I really admire the cookbooks of Beth Hensperger. First there was the 'Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook,' where she has managed to demonstrate how to properly use a bread machine to make real bread including sourdough and sponges and 'poolish' and all the other wonderful old-fashioned breadbaking techniques that go into making real bread. Then there was 'The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook,' which covers all things rice cooker from boiled rice to one-rice-cooker meals or deserts.

And now, right after all the discussion about the best way to use a crockpot (see the comments) comes 'Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook.' Needless to say, I'm ordering it now...