What's up with the Cook-Zen?

[Fat Guy]

There seems to be a big PR initiative underway to promote a product called the Cook-Zen. It's a Japanese product, created by Machiko Chiba, billed as "Japan's leading cooking advisor for restaurants and major companies." It seems to be a small pot with a lid, that you put in your microwave oven. As if by magic, everything you cook in it comes out beautifully.

http://www.cook-zen.com/

Anybody have a Cook-Zen? Is it legit?

[snowangel]

This is reminding me of microwave pressure cookers. I had one for years, that I loved (it was made by Nordicware), but it bit the dust at some point (because of a kid artware project).

I'm wondering how different the Cook-Zen thing is?

If you go to ebay and search for microwave pressure cookers, you'll see a bunch of them, all for far less than $55.00!