Everything new is old again. It’s a trope of cultural analysis to note “there’s nothing new under the sun,” as when a fashionista remarks, “Look, wide ties are back.” Or sometimes we just repurpose old words to describe new things. The horseless carriage was cooler than the iron horse, which itself nudged Old Nellie off the roads. The new hottie in cooking is the Instant Pot, the programmable pressure cooker (and slow cooker, yogurt or cake-maker, sauté pot, food warmer and rice steamer).