Back to Library Menu An Old Favorite Returns You'll find plenty of information throughout the website to help you learn more about pressure cookery. TV ads marketing overpriced pressure cookers with fancy new names, tout the "latest, greatest, new invention" to cooks who would never have considered buying a pressure cooker. Wide spread advertising has brought with it a popular resurgence in pressure cookery, and this old-fashioned cooking method is suddenly new again. The pressure cooker is perfect for busy cooks with hectic schedules, demanding jobs, an active family and little spare time. Use a pressure cooker for fast, economical ways for preparing home-cooked, nutritious meals by cutting cooking times by about two-thirds. Like many people, you might assume pressure cookers are antiquated, scary things our grandmothers used, but think again. If you fear that today's improved pressure cookers will blow-up, relax. The new, modern pressure cookers have multiple safety features and are 100% safe. The sleek, new 2nd generation pressure cookers, with thick 3-ply bottoms prevent burned foods, and the improved vent systems, and pressure release valves make it easier to use than ever.