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I like Melissa Clark's column in the Food Section of the New York Times. I also like the videos she makes. Dinner at her house must be a wonder, she is such an admirable cook. So I ordered her cookbook. I ordered it because I bought an Instant Pot on account of my pressure cooker being lost in my basement. I wanted to find my pressure cooker to cook rice. But once I obtained the Instant Pot, I looked for recipes beyond that of cooking rice. That is why I ordered Ms. Clark's book.
I wish the book contained more recipes. The book has 75 recipes. Like any cookbook, not every recipe is for a meal the reader wants to eat. And some recipes are for things I like but would rather buy in the store than make myself (e.g., yogurt). Other recipes are for foods like shrimp for which you don't really need an Instant Pot; shrimp cooks fast on top of the stove (and why cook the shrimp with fennel? Ugh!).
The book doesn't tackle some of the knottier subjects associated with the Instant Pot. For example, one dish I cooked left a smell on the silicone ring that helps to seal the Instant Pot when closed. It would have been helpful if Ms. Clark had included some words of advice to newcomers to the Instant Pot on how to get rid of the smell.
