At-home chefs
![Electric rice cookers are displayed at an appliances store in Yongsan, central Seoul, on Monday. The rise in the cost of eating out is leading consumers to purchase kitchen appliances. The number of electric rice cookers sold between Feb. 1 and 14 was 28 percent higher than that of the two previous weeks, and for electric ovens, the jump was 97 percent, according to the appliance seller Electro Mart on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/02/20/f64c2a62-0211-4b3e-b190-8d924d6f05a5.jpg)
Electric rice cookers are displayed at an appliances store in Yongsan, central Seoul, on Monday. The rise in the cost of eating out is leading consumers to purchase kitchen appliances. The number of electric rice cookers sold between Feb. 1 and 14 was 28 percent higher than that of the two previous weeks, and for electric ovens, the jump was 97 percent, according to the appliance seller Electro Mart on Monday. [YONHAP]
BY SOHN DONG-JOO [sohn.dongjoo@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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