There have been a number of culinary innovations over the past century, and the one that many of us just can't live without is the slow cooker. The first slow cooker was only granted patent approval ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beef cheeks in brown red wine sauce - Mironov Vladimir/Shutterstock Brisket and short ribs might hog all the attention in slow ...

Beef, it's what's for dinner. No, really, break out your slow cooker and rekindle (or just expand) your love of red meat with this fabulous collection of beef Crock-Pot recipes. Sure, we have a few ...

Luckily, my parents caught on and bought us special PJs or fancy items of clothing. But I don’t remember ever receiving toys. By the time I had children, you better believe I got them PJs and toys and ...

If you haven't broken out your slow cooker in a while, then now's the time! That steady workhorse, the Crock Pot, with its simple settings ("high, low, warm") and heavy ceramic interior is a valuable ...

Whether you want chicken soup, beef stew or pulled pork, these slow-cooker recipes will do the heavy lifting while you’re on the go. Melina Hammer for The New York Times Cooking time will vary ...

The slow cooker—you either love it for the convenience it brings to meals or hate it for its tendency to turn those meals bland, squishy, and just kind of sad. I used to fall into the latter camp ...