More Slow-Cooker Savant: You Can Be a Dinner Hero 52 Weeks of the Year (Again)!

Our ancestors figured out something amazing - fire! When they weren't using it to fend off persistent raids by enemy tribes or the occasional dire wolf, they used it to cook. They figured out that cooking food with low heat over many hours produces super-tender meat and delicious smells. The lesson took hold, and mankind has been finding ways to improve the "low and slow" cooking process over the years. Looking back, we can see two critical points in the development of slow-cooking. The fir...