this -lrb- actually the  Sanyo ecj-hc55 5-1\/2 - Cup Micro-Computerized Rice Cooker and Slow Cooker , White  just a sign of appreciation because she really , really like rice but it be much more than a rice cooker . of course , - it cook porridge - it cook sushi rice - it cook rinse-free rice - it cook haiga rice - it cook mixed\/sweet rice - it cook brown rice - it cook sprout brown rice - it cook -lrb- if you be in a hurry -rrb- you rice quickly in addition , - it slow cook -lrb- 2 setting -rrb- - it make tofu - it steam - it boil egg accessory include : a spatula , a measure cup , a tofu container , inner lid for rice and slow cooking , titanium-coated and well marked inner pot for rice and slow cooking and recipe include in the manual and in a separate , full-color book by famous chef Martin Yan with 16 additional recipe . we have have this cooker for several month now and my wife be very happy with it . she often use it to make soup and , of course , for rice . we have not try the tofu maker yet but she be use it , occasionally to steam vegetable or to boil egg . we be impress by the easy to use control - it take about 10 minute to learn how to operate it . some of the more useful feature include the ` keep warm ' capability that actually come with a time indicator tell you for how many hour the contents have be keep warm and a timer that allow you to easily program the cooker to start at a specific time . to my surprise , the multilingual manual -lrb- english\/japanese\/chinese -lrb- ? -rrb- \/ korean -lrb- ? -rrb- be complete and write well enough to be easily understand -lrb- the English section -rrb- . we be very happy with this appliance . it fully deserve a 5-star rating . note : the 5.5 cup model -lrb- see reference at the top of the review -rrb- seem to be quite sufficient for we family of 5 because we can only eat so much rice or soup at one time so , unless you constantly have guest , you might be better off with the smaller model and save some money , space and power .