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Not Eating, But Still Cooking: Ebert Pens Cookbook
CHICAGO (AP) -- Cancer may have robbed Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert of the ability to eat, but it won't stop him from dishing out cooking advice.

Ebert is publishing a cookbook that is dedicated to rice cookers. It's a kitchen appliance he champions as an answer for those strapped for cash, time and counter space. The 68-year-old says the idea for the book came after a 2008 blog post he wrote about rice cookers prompted hundreds of comments. Many readers included their favorite recipes. The book is titled "The Pot and How to Use It. The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker."

The book includes many of those comments, as well as more than two dozen recipes for dishes like oatmeal and risotto.

Ebert says he even took the rice cooker with him to the Sundance Film Festival, where he would cook with it during his busy movie-viewing schedule.

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06 29 10 by Newsroom
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