I'm obsessed with the slow cooker since our house has no cooling system - no summer oven dishes for us. I was thrilled to be able to make a cake, Banana Cake with Pineapple. It was excellent. I'll come back and give the book a star rating as soon as I try a few more recipes.

One thing I don't like is the avocado-green print in parts of the book. I like to use a highlighter in my books, and the print is so light that it's harder to read if I highlight it.

Comprehensive! No picture but most of the recipes are descriptive enough by the title.

Perfect recipes for a cold winter day.

The recipes look excellent--an imaginative rethinking of the crock pot, including dishes such as Chinese red-cooked Chicken, Jerk Chicken, and Estofado. I primarily got this book for its bean recipes, which we'll need in Kabul, but I'm clearly intrigued by the meat dishes, too.

Great Christmas gift... thanks James!

I forgot I had this cookbook on my shelf and recently tagged a number of recipes to try in the slow cooker.

This is a great cookbook if you like the crock-pot but hate the thought of throwing in a bunch of cans of condensed soups and calling it home cooking. Some of the recipes do require more effort than what some slow-cooker enthusiasts would prefer, but I think it's worth it for the end result. There are also a few recipes that are complete misses but that hasn't happened often. I also think that perhaps the slow-cookers the authors used weren't as new or varied as the current models available--another friend of mine has this book and she agrees that some of the cooking times are actually too long if your slow cooker gets very hot (even set on low). Otherwise, it's been a wonderful resource for me and one of the most-used cookbooks on my shelf.

For those who love to cook with a crock and who are bored stiff with the same tired "out of a can" throw ins. The navy bean senate soup is a hit in my house though we all thumbs downed the mac and cheese recipe.

My go to for all things slow cooker. During the school year it is used at least once a week.

I use this book at least once a week -- especially in summer, when I don't want to turn the oven on. This book focuses on highly seasoned, ethnic and regional slow cooker meals, without ignoring the basics. Every working mom needs this book.

Didn't get a chance to make too much from this. My one quibble just from skimming recipes is that most of them fall into 6 hours or so (many quite a bit less) of cooking, which doesn't work for me on weekdays. That, and if I'm using the slow cooker, it means I'm feeling LAZY (and/or are trying to cook before work), so I can't handle a whole lot of pre-prep.

All that said, I made chili, and it was DELICIOUS. Also appreciated the tip of "poaching" frozen chicken for use later. (Would cook a little less time (was almost overdone at 6 hours), maybe add some Johnny's Seasoning Salt to the broth.)

Definitely want to get my own copy to try out more recipes.

It extremely informational and has a lot of tips on using your crockpot.I'm not saying it's a bad cookbook , it's just not for me. There are a lot of ground turkey and tofu recipes in there and my family would refuse to eat both of those.