One of the best ways to free up kitchen counter space is with a pressure cooker. They take a fraction of the time to cook up tasty meals compared to an electric oven and are even faster than the hob.

Pressure cooking is a type of cooking that saves time and energy, two rare commodities in this day and age. Sure, they may still make the 'psst, psst, psst' sound, but they are safer than ever.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There are two kinds of portable cooking device. Permanent fixtures – kettles, toasters, and in my case a rice ...

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The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. First invented in 1679, pressure cookers cook food faster by ...

Best stovetop pressure cooker: Kuhn Rikon Duromatic, 8.5-Quart Best budget stovetop pressure cooker: T-fal Clipso Pressure Cooker, 6.3-Quart If old tales of exploding pots have kept you from jumping ...

There’s a kitchen appliance for just about every food item these days. If you owned one of everything, you’d probably not have the space in your entire home to store them all. This means most of us ...

I’d never used a pressure cooker but then again, I’d never been hang gliding or cliff diving and isn’t a pressure cooker the culinary equivalent of an extreme sport? It’s got the danger and it’s got ...