It’s hard to imagine back in my college days when the only appliances I really made use of were the toaster, coffeemaker, and microwave. I can’t go back, though.

There is no going back to the guesswork of stove-top rice after getting a rice-cooker. No eating biscuits from a tube when I can make fresh bread with the bread-maker. No way Eggo waffles can hold their own against a waffle-maker. And why make pancakes one at a time in a pan rather than making eight in one go on a griddle.

Someday soonish, I’ll write up a post about my growing cooking obsession…