Lifehacker: “I have two rice cookers. Ol’ trusty, that I’ve used since college (and that was not recently), and a modern digital one from Toshiba. Judge me all you want, but I use them both and the old one is still kickin’. Whether your machine is $200 with 30 settings, or $15 with a single toggle switch, rice cookers all have the same bones. The best part is that they’re so easy to use, even the least confident cook can feel good about their rice. Here’s how to use a rice cooker for rice—and the many other non-rice foods you can cook in one.”