There are plenty of slow-cooker cookbooks out there, but the writing team of Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough hit upon a winning formula with their new book, “The Great American Slow Cooker Book” ($25, softcover, Clarkson Potter).
For every recipe in the book, they offer a list of ingredients in three sizes to fit a 2- to 3½-quart, 4- to 5½-quart or 6- to 8-quart slow cooker.
It’s the answer to the complaint of everyone who ever tried a slow-cooker recipe only to discover the cooker was too big or too small.
There’s a wide variety of recipes, too — more than 500 — including breakfast dishes, main dishes, soups and stews, like this Vegetable Stew, which gets a topping of cheesy drop dumplings. It’s vegetarian, too. The recipe here is for a 4- to 5½-quart slow cooker.