This week we’re taking a (hot) look at solar cooking. Today: what you need to get into solar cooking. After the jump: A breakdown of the types of cookers and how to buy or build them. At the most ...

We have also invested considerable time and some money experimenting with the many ways to cook food with the sun. Just imagine! You can actually take scrap materials–old cardboard boxes, newspaper, a ...

Like a conventional oven, your homemade solar oven can turn dough into muffins or other baked goods of your choice. When the sun is shining, we like to use our homemade solar oven for cooking and ...

Summer is nearly over, but the time is still ripe for peaches, plum and nectarines. My favorite way to take advantage of the end of stone fruit season and the last rays of summer sunshine is with the ...

Even at the ripe of age of 79, I am living proof of the old adage, “You learn something new every day.” Recently, I was visiting someone who had a solar cooker on her deck. I don’t think I’d ever seen ...

A Palestinian man living in Gaza is helping his community overcome chronic energy shortages with affordable DIY solar ovens. Life in the Gaza Strip is challenging, to say the least. The day-to-day ...