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We Tried It: Anyday io Collection

Can you really microwave your way to culinary greatness?

By Pang-Chieh Ho
Senior Home & Appliances Writer

December 20, 2023

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Anyday x David Chang IO cookware — Anyday says its io Collection allows users to cook in the microwave, serve food from the bowls, store the leftovers in the fridge, and reheat leftovers. We tried it to find out if it can really do all that.

When I moved into my new apartment two years ago, the first thing I checked was whether or not there was a microwave. It’s important to know thyself, and when it comes to cooking, I know I can survive without a lot of things—a slow cooker, an air fryer, an oven, even—but the microwave is the one thing I can’t live without.

Despite my predilection for the microwave though, I currently don’t have a microwave-safe cover for my food. That means that whenever I microwave something, I’ve had to resort to ~~desperate~~ creative measures. These days that usually involves me balancing a plate on my dish and listening to it rattle the whole time through, threatening to fall off.

Anyday x David Chang IO cookware holding food — I cooked fish, bacon, chicken, scrambled eggs, and rice in the io dishes.

How Good Is the io Collection at Cooking Food?

To find out how easy it was to cook with the io cookware, I made a couple of different dishes: white rice, scrambled eggs, bacon, chicken seasoned with salt and pepper, and steamed ginger-scallion fish.

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Pang-Chieh Ho

Pang-Chieh Ho is a senior content creator at Consumer Reports who writes about the intersections of home products and health. She has been working in the media industry for almost 10 years. Books are her first love, but movies come a close second. You can send tips to her at [email protected].