West Bend 86712 Rice Cooker, White

Boils over and makes a big mess.

thoroughly disgusted

I know I shouldn't complain about a wedding gift. And really, I'm grateful for the sentiment. But after four years of living with this steamer, I am breaking the rules of etiquette and speaking out.

I had been eyeing up this steamer at Target for some time now. If you are like me, you have a kitchen full of gadgets that serve only one purpose. I really liked the idea of having an inexpensive appliance that could do more than one cooking task.

We bought the West Bend Electric Steamer/Rice Cooker after reading Christopher Kimball's recommendation of rice cookers in his book, The Cook's Bible (an excellent cookbook, by the way.) To summarize what he said--it's the easiest way to make rice and...