1.   Brush the bottom of a bamboo steamer with oil.

2.   He showed a visitor around, pointing to a stack of bamboo dumpling steamers on a table.

3.   Heat a bamboo steamer over water in a wok or skillet.

4.   He would break up a cigar in water and olive oil in the bottom of a bamboo steamer and place a piece of white fish on top.

5.   If you have a wok, use it as a base since the curved sides will keep the large bamboo steamer elevated above the boiling water.

6.   Place a bamboo steamer over simmering water, or set a rack or heat-proof plate over simmering water in a covered wok.

7.   Place shrimp on steaming rack that will fit into wok, either a bamboo steamer or a collapsible vegetable steamer on legs.

8.   Served at a new Right-Bank restaurant called Cafe Mosaic, it comes in a bamboo steamer.

9.   The plate, by the way, can be as simple as a pie pan, or the slatted compartment in a bamboo steamer.

10.   Traditionally, sticky rice is steamed in a large bamboo steamer lined with cloth.