Omg, didnt realise u can cook so many other things in a rice cooker besides rice! Soups, tea leaf eggs, even cakes! Check this out: http://www.zojirushi.com/recipes/black-sesame-cake
I cannot imagine making bread n cakes with the thermal cooker! Check out this link http://www.thermalcookware.com.au/ Yeah i tried cooking rice with my smaller thermal pot n indeed can cook delicious n soft rice! Except that it was more than 8 hrs n the rice turned out cold...