Toshiba's rice cooker goes black to basics

In crowded cities such as Tokyo, people learn to live with a lack of space. But this apparent limitation can also stimulate creativity. For example, since it is unusual for homes in Japan — especially apartments — to have ovens installed, there are even rice cookers on the market these days that cook bread too!

Toshiba will introduce its new RC-10ZWH rice cooker in mid-January. The device can cook up to 5.5 go (go are units for measuring rice), or roughly 860 grams, of the Japanese staple.