Rice and Veg Together

Try two-story steaming with this double-stack rice cooker/steamer. You can steam rice in one basket and vegetables in another. The 10-cup rice cooker has a nonstick coating and a “keep warm” setting. It’s easy to check how the food is doing--just eyeball it through the glass lid.

Panasonic Rice Cooker/Steamer (Model SR-W18PA), about $40 from Supeco Audio, Video and Appliance, 221 N. Atlantic Blvd., Monterey Park, (626) 289-9999, and Casa Leaders, 1200 W. Pacific Coast Highway, Wilmington, (310) 834-5295. Also available from Panasonic’s Web site (https://www.Panasonic

.com).