Once you know how to use a bamboo steamer, it’s bound to become one of your favorite kitchen tools. In this video, Amelia Rampe, Senior Food Editor at Food & Wine, shows you how to cook with a bamboo steamer, so you can embrace this gentle (and easy!) cooking method at home. First, she shows you how to steam frozen dumplings with a bamboo steamer, then she takes it up a notch and shows you how to use it to cook an entire meal consisting of green beans and halibut scented with aromatics like ginger, garlic, and lemon. Lastly, she explains how to clean a bamboo steamer to make it last longer.