160 meals that cook themselves: hearty stews, rib-sticking chilis, tender pot roasts. The real secret is a long slow simmer at a constant temperature, and no appliance does this better than the slow cooker. If your old slow cooker recipes disappoint you, throw them away! The Slow Cooker Ready & Waiting is for people who love good food! Rick Rodgers has adapted an eclectic array of American and ethnic dishes for the slow cooker.