Old-fashioned slow cooker meals have a way of making winter feel a little cozier. With simple ingredients and long, gentle cooking, these recipes bring out deep, homey flavors perfect for cold days.

(BPT) - The slow cooker captures the essence of the season with the first sniff of simmering comfort food. Convenient, economical and versatile, slow cookers are becoming popular again. “This isn’t ...

When the weather cools down or your budget feels a little tighter, there’s nothing more comforting than a pot of soup simmering away in the slow cooker. It’s the kind of meal that brings everyone to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Now, I don't like to live dangerously. But two Christmases ago, I bought a pressure cooker. Scary? Yes, especially when one hears the kitchen horror stories -- talk of burns, ...

In the era of fancy, high-tech multicookers like the ubiquitous Instant Pot, it’s easy to overlook the simple slow cooker. But those old-fashioned devices are kitchen workhorses that can feed a legion ...

Hugh Acheson's new book, The Chef and The Slow Cooker, doesn't show much cooking. Instead it shows the Top Chef judge reading in a lawn chair, taking a hot bath or playing the cello (even though he ...

Chef Hugh Acheson has a new book on slow cooking that he hopes will help get people cooking from scratch again. (Bennett Raglin | Getty Images for NYCWFF) Hugh Acheson's new book, The Chef and The ...