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Rice Cooking Showdown: Stovetop Vs. a Rice Cooker

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Growing up, our family’s rice cooker was a staple, like the refrigerator or the kitchen sink. It never occurred to me to not have one. As an adult, I noticed friends cooked rice in a pot on the stovetop. There’s nothing wrong with that, but let’s see which approach gets you the easiest and consistently best rice. The Contenders Okay, so cooking rice isn’t exactly difficult. As far as kitchen skills go, it’s one of the easiest foods to make, right up there with toast and cereal. However, there are two basic ways to make rice happen, with strong opinions on both sides: Rice Cookers: Rice cooker users say they do the job perfectly every time and they’re a must. Cookers range quite a bit in price and utility. Some go for as little as $15, and others with tons of features and options for over$200. Expensive rice cookers, like the Zojirushi, use “fuzzy logic” technology, which senses the type of rice you’re cooking and adjusts itself to make better sushi, porridge, brown rice, and

Uncle Syl drops new single! See details below.

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Uncle Syl drops new single! See details below. No doubt Uncle Syl is one of  the fast rising act to reach out for this year. Listen to this exceptional New School R n B he titled ‘Let Go’ as he takes you to the realm of real love!!. Download Let go.Mp3 Visit his Reverbnation fan page  below Uncle syl fan page See also   Biography of Uncle Syl. Who is Uncle syl? By Blessingkeyz. Read more at http://blessingkeyz.blogspot.com

Uncle Syl Surfaces! See details below (photos also).

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Uncle Syl Surfaces! See details below (photos also). Sylvester Zach, popularly known as Uncle  Syl is one of the leading talented, fast rising artist, singer, songwriter, music director and voice trainer who was born in lagos state, Nigeria. Uncle syl who was born 1989 is an indigene of Ikeduru Local Government, Imo state. The development of his unique style is as a result of a lifetime of musical influence. Growing up in a talented musical family meant that he was surrounded by different  forms of music. His mother was a full time lead singer with various gospel bands. His parent exposed him to a wealth of music as a child, all of which influenced his music development. His first foray into learning a musical instrument himself came when he started  playing the drums at the age of five. After realizing that making music was his main goal, he began to showcase his talent in various venues across Nigeria, playing and singing at numerous gigs and making s

All the action from actress' housewarming party [Photos]

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Funke Akindele's housewarming party was lit and we have some of the details in pictures. Saying  Funke Akindele  throws a mean party, would be the understatement of the year 2017 The Nollywood actress who threw a lavish  housewarming party   for her new home with hubby,  JJC Skillz , has left the tongue of her guests wagging on end. The love birds moved into their new home in Aen Estate, Lagos state, in December 2016. The housewarming party which was lit to say the least, saw the likes of   Niniola, Tara Durotoye, Kate Henshaw, Tiwa Savage, Seyilaw, Toke Makinwa, DJ Spinall, Falz, Seyi Law and a whole lot more. Photos from the housewarming party shows that it was every bit grand.  Take a look at the gallery above.

Music star shares photos of her baby bump

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The 31-year-old pregnant entertainer took to her Instagram page to share some adorable selfies showing off her growing bump. Ciara is starting the New Year with a huge baby bump! The singer has just shown off the latest unborn addition to her family. The 31-year-old pregnant entertainer took to her Instagram page to share some adorable selfies showing off her growing bump. “ 1st Selfie Of The #NewYear #GoHawks, ” she captioned a photo while wearing her husband Russell Wilson‘s Seahawks football jersey. Ciara also added a photo showing off her bump from the side while relaxing in bed and a family portrait with Russell and her two-year-old son Future.

5 Things to know about singer's husband, Wissam Al Mana

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Wissam Al Mana and Janet Jackson kept their marriage secret for over a year... find out more about the billionaire. 1. Wissam and Janet Jackson kept their marriage secret for over a year. The couple dated for several years before tying the knot in 2012. The ultra-private Janet kept the news from the world until announcing it in 2013 interview.  "The rumors regarding an extravagant wedding are simply not true. Last year we were married in a quiet, private, and beautiful ceremony,"  she said. 2. Wissam claims that Janet had always been his "dream woman." The couple met at a Dubai hotel opening in 2010 and he always knew she was the one for him. He told Harper’s Bazaar Arabia in 2011 that, “I’m fortunate enough to be dating my dream woman,” Awww, and now he’s going to be a new daddy with her as well! 3. Wissam was born in Qatar but raised in England. His family moved to London when he was just two-years-old and he spent his childhood an

Singer welcomes baby boy with billionaire hubby

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First celebrity baby of the year!  Janet Jackson  and her husband,  Wissam Al Mana , have welcomed their first child together. The singer's rep has confirmed to Us Weekly that she welcomed a baby boy on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 "Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana are thrilled to welcome their new son Eissa Al Mana into the world. "Janet had a stress free healthy delivery and is resting comfortably,"  the rep said. In May 2016, the music diva revealed to her fans via her Twitter account that she would be  postponing her 'Unbreakable World Tour'  because she and her husband would be starting a family together. "My husband and I are planning our family, so I'm going to have to delay the tour," she explained in an April 6 Facebook video message. "Please, if you can try and understand that it's important that I do this now. I have to rest up, doctor's orders! But I have not forgotten about you. I will

Reality star returns to social media with adorable family snap

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Kim Kardashian shares an adorable snap of herself and her family on social media. After what seems likes forever for reality TV star,  Kim Kardashian , she returns to social media with a sweet photo of herself and her family. The model shared the snap on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, via her Instagram page with the simple caption,  'Family. In the cute snap, Kim was pictured squatting next to her children,  North  and  Saint West , with her husband,  Kanye West , standing by them, as the family rocked matching white ensembles. Kim has been on what turned out to be a three-month break following her  robbery experience at gunpoint  in Paris back in October, last year. The 36-year-old reportedly returned to her app, KimKardashianWest.com, earlier in the day before sharing the snap on social media. The mother-of-two shared a montage of sweet home videos of her kids and husband, set to  Jeremih 's song  "Paradise,"  offering fans a glimpse of

Man sets stepdaughter on fire

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McClellan Says he was angry because Luna, the little girl refused to leave his room and insisted that he gave her food, during courts preliminary hearing on Thursday. Thomas McClellan, 25, was said to have allegedly sat on his five-year-old stepdaughter's chest and stabbed her before setting her ablaze because she asked for a snack. McClellan Says he was angry because Luna, the little girl refused to leave his room and insisted that he gave her food, during courts preliminary hearing on Thursday. McClellan told investigators he wrestled the Five-year-old stepdaughter to the ground, sat on her hips and stabbed her multiple times in the chest. He then covered the girl’s dead body with blankets, poured vodka on the pile and set it on fire. Firefighter Corey Drolett, who found Luna’s body, said he knew it was already too late.“I knew the victim had expired,” he said. But he handed the girl through a window and asked firefighters to “very lightly” perform

Funke Akindele, Husband launches new home at ijebu-lekki home

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ON Monday, Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele-Bello and her husband, Rasheed Bello, popularly known as ‘JJC Skillz’, formerly based in the UK, hosted their friends and family members to a house warming party at their newly acquired apartment  at Amen Estate  in Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State. The house warming party was attended by entertainers and other celebrities like Chioma Akpotha, Seyi Law, IK Ogbonna, Uche Jombo, Kaffy, DJ Spinall, Dayo Amusa, Fathia Balogun, Iyabo Ojo, Kate Henshaw. Other celebrities were Toke Makinwa, Joro Olumofin, Yomi Casual, Lanre Makun and a host of others.  Funke aka Jenifa tied the nuptial knots with her hubby in London, United Kingdom on August 23 in a quiet wedding that caught the entertainment world napping. But the couple had their reason for doing just that as Funke Akindele’s publicist, Biodun Kupoluyi said, they chose a quiet wedding in London because neither of them wanted to be at the centre of attention having been on that lane before.  “

World’s highest bridge opens in China.

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The world’s highest bridge has opened to traffic in China, connecting two provinces in the mountainous southwest and reducing travel times by as much as three-quarters, local authorities said Friday. The Beipanjiang Bridge soars 565 metres (1,854 feet) above a river and connects the two mountainous provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, the Guizhou provincial transport department said in a statement on its official website. The bridge cut travel times between Xuanwei in Yunnan to Shuicheng in Guizhou from more than four hours to around one, a truck driver surnamed Duan was quoted by the official news agency Xinhua as saying after the bridge opened Thursday. It was “very convenient for people who want to travel between these two places”, he added. The 1,341-metre span cost over 1 billion yuan ($144 million) to build, according to local newspaper Guizhou Daily. It overtook the Si Du River Bridge inthe central province of Hubei to become the world’s highest bridge,a separate statement

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