If you're hungry for new recipes but reluctant to give up the ease of cooking with your slow cooker—less kitchen time means more reading time!—we've got you covered. Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook is packed with four hundred innovative, "perfect-every-time recipes," including Zucchini Bisque, Pumpkin Cheddar Grits, Risotto with Edamame, Cornish Game Hens with Mango Tomato Salsa Fresca, Soulfully Good Pork Spareribs with Pineapple and Ginger, Crock-Poached Salmon Steaks, Maple Oat Granola with Dried Cranberries, Sour Cream Almond Cheesecake with Winter Berry Purée, and more. What a delicious reminder that "wonderful food does not need to be complicated." (KG)