Sarah DiGregorio shares the nostalgia most of us feel when it comes to slow cookers. Her first memory of slow-cooker cooking is her grandmother's pot roast. While these handy devices have been time savers for incredibly busy lives, traditional slow cooker food is sometimes underwhelming. Sarah, an experienced food professional, has reinvented slow cooking for a generation that cooks for fun and flavor, taking a fresh approach to reclaim this versatile tool without sacrificing quality or taste. For Sarah, it's not just about getting dinner on the table -- it's about using a slow cooker to make fabulous dinners like herb oil poached shrimp or the most perfect sticky toffee pudding for dessert. It's about throwing a biryani dinner party with the slow cooker at the center of the table. Ideas for flavorful sweet and savory slow cooker dishes, including: whipped feta, red pepper and olive dip; granola with pistachios, coconut and cardamom; spicy kimchi and pork ramen; daal with mango and mustard seeds; peack-orange blossom jam; and matcha-white chocolate pots de crßeme. Food writer Sarah DiGregorio has a master's in journalism and a certificate in culinary arts.