The ATK Slow Cooker Trilogy has information about products on the market in 2015-16 and technique. It favours using a microwave to soften onions and bloom aromatics, as opposed to using a skillet. When published, the books in this series were superior to other slow cookers books.
The recipes are often slow cooker versions of ATK/Cooks Illustrated, and take the same approach. Some recipes are supposed to be definitive authentic home food; others are standardized versions of interesting restraurant recipes. All are subject to a demanding system ( the ATK brand secret sauce). The number of recipes is impressive, but many of the recipes are not useful except as one-time tests. ( )

I am a huge fan of slow cooker meals as it is very suitable for my everyday routine being a mother who is juggling her time with family and work and is always on the go. I found the recipes here easy to follow with just stuffing all the ingredients to my crockpot, leave it there, go on about my work or stuff and voila when I arrive home a ready meal is waiting for us. I've tried some of the recipes which are good and and satisfying. Great recipe book an additional to my collection. ( )