Slow-cooker meals have recently soared in popularity, and it's easy to see why. They are healthy, economical, and simple. However, many slow-cooker recipes rely on old methods that lead to stewed results. Nancy S. Hughes improves these recipes by adding fresh ingredients at precise moments to create flavors that pop. Hughes shows how to rejuvenate chili by adding raw onions, peppers, tomatoes, lime, and sour cream at the right point, resulting in...