Pressure cookers never really did much for me. They seemed fussy — and scary! All those stories about explosions... Then I used one to make a risotto, a dish that by definition is tedious to make. I ...

It cooks perfect risotto in five, soaks dried pinto beans in seven. Food cooks faster under pressure because inside the pressure cooker temperatures reach 250 degrees Fahrenheit — rather than the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Electric pressure cookers of today are more like a fast version of a slow cooker and have little-to-no risk of taking your ...