Books about solar cooking

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English

Construction and use

Das Solarkocher-Handbuch

The author has collected over many years of work experience will be provided with the solar cooker manual to all who are interested in sustainable technology. The book begins with a historical part, followed by the description of various types. The physical contexts and conditions await with technical explanations. Similar techniques, such as solar cooling, solar wax melter, etc. are explained. There are a number of pictures, many of which were not previously published. Future trends and possibilities are discussed. Text is in German. More information...

Domestic Parabolic Solar Cooker (Dish Cooker) Manual

Domestic Parabolic Solar Cooker book cover

by Ajay Chandak

Professor Ajay Chandak is the founder of Prince India, a non-governmental organization in Dhule, India. Prince India recently completed an ambitious project that consisted of the design, manufacture, transport, installation, and commissioning for 300 parabolic community cookers at tribal schools in the Indian state of Maharashtra. He also teaches at a private engineering college in Dhule.

His manual is filled with construction details, and is aimed at entrepreneurs and solar enthusiasts wishing to build parabolic cookers. Read a preview of the manual at: Construction Manual for Domestic Parabolic Solar Cooker

For more information, and to purchase the manual visit: Prince India

Cooking With Sunshine

The Complete Guide to Solar Cuisine with 150 Easy Sun-Cooked Recipes

by Lorraine Anderson and Rick Palkovic

Cooking With Sunshine provides everything you need to get cooking, including:

Clear explanations of how solar cooking works and its benefits over traditional methods
Instructions for building your own solar cooker using inexpensive, easy-to-find materials—and information on where to buy a ready-made solar cooker
A selection of fun and super-easy recipes to get you started
A wide variety of recipes for main dishes, accompaniments, and desserts for both vegetarian and omnivorous diets
Creative menu ideas for special diets, tastes, and occasions

“...I have been cooking with the sun for years, and Cooking with Sunshine takes away the mystery and brings the deliciousness and adventure of solar cooking to the reader.” — Artist and solar cooking advocate Mary Frank

Paperback, 224 pages. See Cooking With Sunshine web page for more information. Purchase from Solar Cookers International here.

The Sunny Side of Cooking

Solar cooking and other ecologically friendly cooking methods for the 21st century

by Lisa Rayner

The Sunny Side of Cooking is a practical, easy-to-follow guide for both beginning and experienced solar cooks. Includes:

How to choose the right solar cooker for you based on your climate and lifestyle needs
How different types of solar cookers work
How to use a solar cooker for baking, steaming, simmering, sauteing, toasting, broiling, and more
More than 100 vegetarian solar recipes and cooking tips (animal free)
The only solar cookbook that explains in detail how to solar cook tofu, seitan and tempeh
How to bake crepes, flatbreads and tortillas, pancakes, polenta, muffins, yeast breads and pastries
How to adapt slow cooker (Crockpot) recipes to a solar cooker
How to adapt your favorite recipes to a solar cooker
How to can foods in a solar cooker using USDA safe canning guidelines
How to create a year-round sustainable cooking system by combining the use of solar cookers, fireless cookers, pressure cookers, and biomass-fueled stoves and earth ovens

“Beautifully detailed and informative. I highly recommend it both for beginners and experienced solar cooks who may pick up some useful variations and additional uses. Her recipes make one’s mouth water just reading them!”
— Solar cooking pioneer Barbara Kerr

Copyright (c) 2007
128 pages. 8 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches. Color cover, black and white illustrations, comb binding.
$14.95 + $3 shipping and handling. Wholesale rates available.

Contact Lisa(at)LisaRayner.com

Order by sending a check or money order to:

Lifeweaver LLC
P.O. Box 22324
Flagstaff, AZ 86002

Heaven's Flame

by Joseph Radabaugh

This excellent 144-page book offers a great, comprehensive introduction to the world of solar cooking, including a large question and answer section, a long chapter detailing who's who, and detailed plans for a very high-performance cardboard cooker and detailed cooking instructions. You can see an example of this cooker here.

You can read an excerpt from this book here.

Order this book from Amazon.com (15% of purchase price donated to Solar Cookers International)

Solar Cooking for Home and Camp

This book gives clear and easy instructions on how to make a solar cooker using two cardboard boxes lined with aluminum foil and a few other simple materials that are readily available. Yaffe then completes the book with a number of tasty recipes like mushroom quiche and stuffed zucchini that you can cook in your very own solar cooker.

Purchase from Solar Cookers International here.

Solar Cooking: A Primer/Cookbook

by Harriet Kofalk

A 96-page book of natural vegetarian recipes. Contains 24 pages of background including construction plans and cooking tips. Barbara Kerr, the inventor of the cardboard solar box cooker writes of the book, "The combination of the enhanced flavor of solar-cooked foods and Harriet's lovely, carefully balanced recipes is a total win!"

Purchase from Solar Cookers International here.

Cooking with the Sun: How to Build and Use Solar Cookers

by Beth and Dan Halacy

A 115-page book with plans for building a plywood multi-reflector box cooker, a cardboard single-reflector box cooker, and a cardboard parabolic cooker. Contains 62 pages of American and international recipes.

Morning Sun Press
P.O. Box 413
Lafayette, California 94549
USA

Order this book from Amazon.com (15% of purchase price donated to Solar Cookers International)

Retained Heat Cooking ... the Wave of the Future Again

by Leslie Romano

Discover how easy it is to make and use your own off-the-grid cook box to cook uncommonly good food of all kinds. This is a frugal, time honored method of cooking that saves time, space, money, resources, nutrition and electricity. Includes sections on the history and science of retained heat cooking, how to make and use your own cook box, tips and suggestions based upon personal experience, recipes, homeschooling ideas and ten incredible advantages to cooking highly nutritious, perfectly cooked food with the natural, easy to implement retained heat cooking method.

50 pages. $5.99

To order: http://www.bamboogrovepress.com/Ebooks.htm

On Your Way Towards Solar Cooking: The Why's and Wherefore's of Solar Cooking in Brief

Plus Nearly 50 Links to Solar Cooking Information, Reviews, Directions for Building Your Own, Places to Buy Commercial, and Cookbooks From Which to Make It All Happen

by Leslie Romano

Once you discover the significant benefits of cooking in ways other than on an industrially made stove in an electrified kitchen, you just can't stop! Become more prepared and more self-sufficient through solar cooking. This e-book will get you started.

5 pages. $1.99

To order: http://www.bamboogrovepress.com/Ebooks.htm

The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit

With an endearing mix of down-to-earth practical solutions and funky DIY projects, this book provides readers with much-needed information on how to renovate habits and home to move closer to a zero-carbon existence. The Hrens, respectively a carpenter and a photovoltaic installer living in Durham, N.C., give specific and technical advice, based on their own experience, on how to lower energy use within and outside the house, with 36 projects ranging from simple and inexpensive activities like sealing drafts, resetting the water heater thermostat and planting potatoes in a barrel to more heavy-duty and costly tasks such as installing a green roof or a solar hot-water heater and replacing a lawn with a permaculture garden. Some projects, such as building an outdoor cob oven—which the authors themselves describe as time-consuming with low energy savings—will be of little interest to any but devoted backyard hobbyists. Converting from a flush toilet to humanure, which involves lugging five-gallon buckets of human waste to a compost pile on a weekly basis, is even less likely to be adopted by the urban dwellers the Hrens hope to influence. But just about anyone will find something useful to do in this book, and the detailed, clear and enlightening chapter on understanding home energy use is, alone, almost worth the purchase price. Order this book from Amazon.com (15% of purchase price donated to Solar Cookers International)

The Expanding World of Solar Box Cookers

by Barbara Prosser Kerr

Full text vailable online here.

Making the Most of Sunshine

A Handbook of Solar Energy for the Common Man

by S. Narayanaswami

Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd
576, Masjid Road, Jangpura, New Delhi-110 014
Telephone: 4314605, 4315313, Fax: 91-11-431087
orders@vikas.gobookshopping.com

South Asia Book, P.O.Box 502, Columbia MO 65205
sabooks@juno.com, Contact: Jerry Barrier.
Phone: 573-474-0116, Fax: 573-474-8124

Buy on Amazon here.

How to Make, Use, and Enjoy

by Solar Cookers International

Since its founding in 1987, SCI has spread solar cooking skills and technologies where they are needed most. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have used SCI's resources to learn how to make and use solar cookers and teach others to do the same. This extensive knowledge is condensed in this 52-page publication. Chapters include a rationale for solar cooking, directions for making a solar cooker, basic solar cooking instructions, solar cooker recipes and tips, alternative solar cooker uses, and ideas for teachers. Published in 2004 by Solar Cookers International. 52 pages.

Purchase from Solar Cookers International here.

Cookbooks

Sol Food

Written by David and Ruth Whitfield, Sol Food is a cookbook, but it isn't just a cookbook. In its pages you'll find all the information and advice you need to start solar cooking in your own backyard, plus over 54 solar cooking recipes to put on your table. The Whitfields are the founders of the CEDESOL Foundation, and they share many of team's adventures, gleaned from over a decade of not-for-profit work promoting solar cooking and integrated cooking techniques in Bolivia and around the world. A percentage of the profit from book sales help fund thier efforts. Sol Food is offered as an ebook in PDF format. More information...

A Month of SUNdays - Solar Cooking at Home

A Month of SUNdays, written by Sharlene Thomas, is a recipe book for both solar and conventional mainstream cooks. The cookbook include standard, original, and gourmet recipes, some including meat. For more information and to purchase...

This book was written to help everyone realize that using the sun's energy for cooking is practical and an effortless method of preparing delicious meals, saving our fossil fuels, and keeping America green. Solar cooking is no longer solely within the province of hikers, campers, or classroom experimentation. These everyday and gourmet recipes make it easy to discover just how delicious food tastes when cooked by the sun. In addition, you will find:

Tips and Techniques - a quick reference to basic solar cooking
Substituting Ingredients - adapting your own recipes
Breads - muffins, casseroles, yeast breads
Desserts - pudding cake, cookies, cobblers, pies, hot fudge cake
Meats - beef, venison, pork, and poultry, roasted, baked, in casseroles
Pasta and Rice - lasagna, spaghetti, manicotti
Seafood - cod, salmon, flounder, perch, haddock, and crab, baked, stuffed, and roasted
Soups - thick and hearty meals or light starters
Vegetables - casseroles, logs, side dishes
A Checklist for Solar Cooking - a quick list for beginners and old-timers, as well
Finding Solar Ovens - ready-built or build-your-own info
A General Guide to Cooking Times - meal planning based on foods and types of solar ovens used for cooking

See the energy savings on your utility bill almost immediately and enjoy a healthier lifestyle while doing your past to protect the environment for future generations.

Copyright (c) 2008
86 pps, 6"x9", color cover and two pages of colored plates, plus b&w pictures, comb binding.
$14.95 + $3 s&h.

Contact: sjthomas(at)mainstreamsolarcooking.com

Creative Handz
1280 White Memorial Church Rd
Willow Spring NC 27592

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Heaven Sent Food

Heaven Sent Food, written by Jackie Harsha, is available either as an e-book and a printed version. The recipes were developed for omnivores who like to eat healthy, delicious food at affordable prices. The book explains solar cooking, different types of solar ovens, and offers 115+ delicious recipes. It's an easy to use, beautiful book that was illustrated by an award-winning artist. Solar energy is free - this book makes it possible for even the most inexperineced cook learn to cook for free using the sun's power, all four seasons. Once you eat solar cooked food, you will probably not want to eat any other kind. It's delicious, cooking it is free, and if you want to get the best flavors out of the food you buy, cook it with the sun. It's amazing.

Contact: (480) 986-2470
Arizona

info@HeavenSentFood.org

For more information and to order the book, please visit

Eleanor's Solar Cookbook

by Eleanor Shimeall

A 93-page book containing more traditional American dishes. Includes a section on canning in a solar box cooker.

Available for $10 + $2/shipping from:

Cemese Publishers
P.O. Box 1022
Borrego Springs, CA 92004

Tel: +1 (209) 478-6318

Purchase from Solar Cooker's International here.

The Morning Hill Solar Cookery Book

by Jennifer Barker

The Morning Hill Solar Cookery Book is your source for recipes, cooking techniques, and tips of all kinds for solar and conventional kitchen cookery. No matter what kind of cooker you have, you will be able to use the recipes in this book to produce hearty, healthy vegetarian food which will please all tastes.

Available for $15 postpaid from:

Morning Hill Associates
15013 Geary Crk Rd
Canyon City OR 97820
541-542-2525
morninghil@yahoo.com

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An Outdoor Kitchen Full of Sunshine

by Kris Mazy

An Outdoor Kitchen Full of Sunshine - Cooking Outside in a Solar Oven.

Saving money is the key to a large family. No one know better than author, Kris Mazy, mom of 7 amazing children. In this book, Kris shares cooking using a solar oven. You can make incredible meals, save money on power and propane and spend more time with your family.

You Can Cook using the Sun’s Energy!

Over 100 Recipes that you can make and create using your solar oven. Kris has spent the last 3 years creating solar oven recipes to allow more play-time with her ever-growing family.

And that was exactly what this mom of 7 was shooting for!

From Breads to Desserts, Mains to Sides, Cooking Outside Using a Solar Oven is fast, easy and saves money!

Kris has also shared all of her solar oven gluten-free recipes. Over 50 recipes are labled as gluten-free in this book.

Enjoy delicious recipes while saving time and money.

Available both in print and in Kindle versions online at Amazon.com

or available online at www.mazybooks.com .

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Sabor Solar (in English)

The full text of the Sabor Solar Cookbook from Grupo Fenix shows how to cook Nicaraguan foods in a solar cooker. (Spanish version also available.)

French

Construction and use

Cuiseurs Solaires

by Rolf Behringer and Michael Götz

Ce livre de Rolf Behringer et Michael Götz résume tout ce que nous savons sur les fours solaires - ayant 18 ans d'expérience. Le spectre va d'une introduction aux exemples de groupements et projets utilisant la cuisine solaire sous nos latitudes et jusqu'aux projets du Sud. Et surtout, le livre vous aide à la pratique: Un chapitre détaillé décrit comment fabriquer vous-mêmes votre four solaire (le modèle 'standard en bois' du catalogue de SOLEMYO) et un autre vous livre un grand nombre de recettes (végétariennes, la Plage étant un éditeur de livres de cuisine végétarienne) pour commencer vos expériences!

96 pages

To order: http://www.cuisinesolaire.fr

Cookbooks

Du Soleil dans mon assiette

A new French-language solar cookbook titled Du Soleil dans mon assiette is available from Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil. Fifty recipes, ranging from appetizers to main dishes to desserts, are nicely presented in this book along with full-color pictures. Several of the recipes also include tips for cooking with fuel-efficient wood stoves and heat-retention cookers. The book sells for 12.50 € ($16) plus shipping. Proceeds benefit the organization’s projects in Andean countries.

Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil
18 rue Gaëtan Rondeau
44200 Nantes
France

Tel: +33 02 51 86 04 04

Email: soleil@boliviainti.org

German

Baupläne und Verwendung

Kochbücher

Solarkocher

Solarkocher, Grundlagen, sowie praktische, sozio-ökonomische und ökologische Betrachtungen von Bernd Hafner, Willi Heizen, und Paul Krämer. Seite für mehr Informationen. Erwerb über diese Seitemöglich.

Die Parabel

Die Parabel, Broschüre über die Berechnung und Handhabung von Parabeln, insbesondere im Hinblick auf das Konstruieren von Solarkochern, ISBN 978-3-8442-4131-0. Erwerb hier oder bei jeder Buchhandlung.

Spanish

Construction and use

Cookbooks

Sabor Solar (in Spanish)

The full text of the Sabor Solar Cookbook from Grupo Fenix shows how to cook Nicaraguan foods in a solar cooker. (Spanish version also available.)

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+===='''Das Solarkocher-Handbuch'''====
+[[File:Das_Solarkocher_Handbuch_.jpg|right|200px]]
+The author has collected over many years of work experience will be provided with the solar cooker manual to all who are interested in sustainable technology. The book begins with a historical part, followed by the description of various types. The physical contexts and conditions await with technical explanations. Similar techniques, such as solar cooling, solar wax melter, etc. are explained. There are a number of pictures, many of which were not previously published. Future trends and possibilities are discussed. Text is in German. [http://www.epubli.de/shop/buch/2000000026292?fb_action_ids=10200516401385645&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210200516401385645%22%3A145415808970246%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210200516401385645%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D#beschreibung More information...]
+===='''Domestic Parabolic Solar Cooker (Dish Cooker) Manual'''====
 [[File:Domestic_Parabolic_Solar_Cooker_book_cover.jpg|right|200px]]by [[Ajay Chandak]]
 Professor [[Ajay Chandak]] is the founder of [[Prince India]], a non-governmental organization in Dhule, [[India]]. [[Prince India]] recently completed an ambitious project that consisted of the design, manufacture, transport, installation, and commissioning for 300 parabolic community cookers at tribal schools in the Indian state of [[:Category:Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]. He also teaches at a private engineering college in Dhule.
 His manual is filled with construction details, and is aimed at entrepreneurs and solar enthusiasts wishing to build parabolic cookers.
 Read a preview of the manual at: [http://princeindia.org/18th%20June%2007/MANUAL%20FOR%20DOMESTIC%20PARABOLIC%20SOLAR%20COOKER.pdf Construction Manual for Domestic Parabolic Solar Cooker]
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 *Creative menu ideas for special diets, tastes, and occasions
 “...I have been cooking with the sun
 for years, and Cooking with Sunshine
 takes away the mystery and brings
 the deliciousness and adventure
 of solar cooking to the reader.”
 — Artist and solar cooking advocate [[Mary Frank]]
-Paperback, 224 pages. See [http://www.cookingwithsunshine.com/ Cooking With Sunshine] web page for more information. Purchase from Solar Cookers International [http://solarcookers.org/catalog/cookingwithsunshine-p-53.htmlhere].
+Paperback, 224 pages. See [http://www.cookingwithsunshine.com/ Cooking With Sunshine] web page for more information. Purchase from Solar Cookers International [http://shop.solarcookers.org/?pn=Cooking+with+Sunshine&cn=Books&p=626&c=28 here].
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 *How to create a '''''year-round sustainable cooking system''''' by combining the use of solar cookers, fireless cookers, pressure cookers, and biomass-fueled stoves and earth ovens<br />
 “Beautifully detailed and informative.
 I highly recommend it both for beginners and
 experienced solar cooks who may pick up
 some useful variations and additional uses.
 Her recipes make one’s mouth water just reading them!”<br />
 — Solar cooking pioneer [[Barbara Kerr]]
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 Contact [mailto:Lisa(at)LisaRayner.com Lisa(at)LisaRayner.com]
+Order by sending a check or money order to:
-Order online from [http://solarcookers.org/catalog/thesunnysideofcooking-p-68.html?osCsid=73decf57d6dd405ef2556052557fd2c6 Solar Cookers International] or send check or money order to:
 Lifeweaver LLC<br />
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 Flagstaff, AZ 86002
-====Heaven's Flame====
+===='''Heaven's Flame'''====
 [[Image:Heavens-Flame_bookcover.jpg|right|150px]]by [[Joseph Radabaugh]]
 This excellent 144-page book offers a great, comprehensive introduction to the world of solar cooking, including a large question and answer section, a long chapter detailing who's who, and detailed plans for a very high-performance cardboard cooker and detailed cooking instructions. You can see an example of this cooker [http://solarcooking.org/images/hflame1.jpg here].
 You can read an excerpt from this book [http://solarcooking.org/history.htm here].
-[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0962958824/thesolarcookinga Order this book from Amazon.com] (30% of purchase price donated to [[Solar Cookers International]])
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0962958824/thesolarcookinga Order this book from Amazon.com] (15% of purchase price donated to [[Solar Cookers International]])
 {{clr}}
-====Solar Cooking for Home and Camp====
+===='''Solar Cooking for Home and Camp'''====
 [[Image:Solar_Cooking_for_Home_and_Camp.jpg|right|150px]]
 This book gives clear and easy instructions on how to make a solar cooker using two cardboard boxes lined with aluminum foil and a few other simple materials that are readily available. Yaffe then completes the book with a number of tasty recipes like mushroom quiche and stuffed zucchini that you can cook in your very own solar cooker.
+Purchase from Solar Cookers International [http://shop.solarcookers.org/?pn=Solar+Cooking+for+Home+%26+Camp&cn=Books&p=627&c=28 here].
-http://solarcookers.org/catalog/cookbooks-c-3.html?osCsid=73decf57d6dd405ef2556052557fd2c6
+{{clr}}
-====Solar Cooking: A Primer/Cookbook====
-[[Image:Book_Solar_Cooking_A_Primer_Cookbook.gif|right]]by Harriet Kofalk
+===='''Solar Cooking: A Primer/Cookbook'''====
+[[Image:Book_Solar_Cooking_A_Primer_Cookbook.gif|right]]
+by Harriet Kofalk
 A 96-page book of natural vegetarian recipes. Contains 24 pages of background including construction plans and cooking tips. [[Barbara Kerr]], the inventor of the cardboard solar box cooker writes of the book, "The combination of the enhanced flavor of solar-cooked foods and Harriet's lovely, carefully balanced recipes is a total win!"
+Purchase from Solar Cookers International [http://shop.solarcookers.org/?pn=Solar+Cooker%3A+A+Primer%2FCookbook&cn=Books&p=650&c=28 here].
-Order online from [http://solarcookers.org/catalog/solarcookingprimer-p-55.html?osCsid=73decf57d6dd405ef2556052557fd2c6 Solar Cookers International].
+{{clr}}
-====Cooking with the Sun: How to Build and Use Solar Cookers====
+===='''Cooking with the Sun: How to Build and Use Solar Cookers'''====
 [[Image:Book_Cooking_with_the_Sun.gif|right|150px]]by Beth and Dan Halacy
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-[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0962906921/thesolarcookinga Order this book from Amazon.com] (30% of purchase price donated to [[Solar Cookers International]])<br /><br /><br />
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0962906921/thesolarcookinga Order this book from Amazon.com] (15% of purchase price donated to [[Solar Cookers International]])<br /><br /><br />
-==== Retained Heat Cooking ... the Wave of the Future Again ====
+==== '''Retained Heat Cooking ... the Wave of the Future Again''' ====
 [[File:Retainedheatcooking.jpg|right|150px]]
 by Leslie Romano
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 pages. $5.99
 To order: http://www.bamboogrovepress.com/Ebooks.htm
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-==== On Your Way Towards Solar Cooking: The Why's and Wherefore's of Solar Cooking in Brief ====
+==== '''On Your Way Towards Solar Cooking: The Why's and Wherefore's of Solar Cooking in Brief''' ====
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 ''Plus Nearly 50 Links to Solar Cooking Information, Reviews, Directions for Building Your Own, Places to Buy Commercial, and Cookbooks From Which to Make It All Happen ''
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 pages. $1.99
 To order: http://www.bamboogrovepress.com/Ebooks.htm
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-====The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit====
+===='''The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit'''====
 [[Image:Carbon-Free Home_cover.jpg|right|250px]]
-With an endearing mix of down-to-earth practical solutions and funky DIY projects, this book provides readers with much-needed information on how to renovate habits and home to move closer to a zero-carbon existence. The Hrens, respectively a carpenter and a photovoltaic installer living in Durham, N.C., give specific and technical advice, based on their own experience, on how to lower energy use within and outside the house, with 36 projects ranging from simple and inexpensive activities like sealing drafts, resetting the water heater thermostat and planting potatoes in a barrel to more heavy-duty and costly tasks such as installing a green roof or a solar hot-water heater and replacing a lawn with a permaculture garden. Some projects, such as building an outdoor cob oven—which the authors themselves describe as time-consuming with low energy savings—will be of little interest to any but devoted backyard hobbyists. Converting from a flush toilet to humanure, which involves lugging five-gallon buckets of human waste to a compost pile on a weekly basis, is even less likely to be adopted by the urban dwellers the Hrens hope to influence. But just about anyone will find something useful to do in this book, and the detailed, clear and enlightening chapter on understanding home energy use is, alone, almost worth the purchase price. [http://www.amazon.com/Carbon-Free-Home-Remodeling-Projects-Fossil-Fuel/dp/1933392622/thesolarcookinga Order this book from Amazon.com] (30% of purchase price donated to [[Solar Cookers International]])
+With an endearing mix of down-to-earth practical solutions and funky DIY projects, this book provides readers with much-needed information on how to renovate habits and home to move closer to a zero-carbon existence. The Hrens, respectively a carpenter and a photovoltaic installer living in Durham, N.C., give specific and technical advice, based on their own experience, on how to lower energy use within and outside the house, with 36 projects ranging from simple and inexpensive activities like sealing drafts, resetting the water heater thermostat and planting potatoes in a barrel to more heavy-duty and costly tasks such as installing a green roof or a solar hot-water heater and replacing a lawn with a permaculture garden. Some projects, such as building an outdoor cob oven—which the authors themselves describe as time-consuming with low energy savings—will be of little interest to any but devoted backyard hobbyists. Converting from a flush toilet to humanure, which involves lugging five-gallon buckets of human waste to a compost pile on a weekly basis, is even less likely to be adopted by the urban dwellers the Hrens hope to influence. But just about anyone will find something useful to do in this book, and the detailed, clear and enlightening chapter on understanding home energy use is, alone, almost worth the purchase price. [http://www.amazon.com/Carbon-Free-Home-Remodeling-Projects-Fossil-Fuel/dp/1933392622/thesolarcookinga Order this book from Amazon.com] (15% of purchase price donated to [[Solar Cookers International]])
-====The Expanding World of Solar Box Cookers====
+===='''The Expanding World of Solar Box Cookers'''====
 by Barbara Prosser Kerr
-Available online [http://solarcooking.org/kerr.htm here]. To order a printed copy, which includes photos and diagrams send $15 US to this address:
+Full text vailable online [http://solarcooking.org/kerr.htm here].
+===='''Making the Most of Sunshine'''====
-Kerr-Cole Solar Box Cookers
-PO Box 576
-Taylor, AZ 85939
-Or email [mailto:kerrcole@frontiernet.net kerrcole@frontiernet.net]
-====Making the Most of Sunshine====
 ''A Handbook of Solar Energy for the Common Man''
 by [mailto:snswami@md2.vsnl.net.in S. Narayanaswami]
+*[[Making the Most of Sunshine|More information on this book]].
-Table of Contents <br />
-[http://solarcooking.org/narayanaswami-interview.htm An Interview with the author]
+*[http://solarcooking.org/narayanaswami-interview.htm An Interview with the author]
 Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd<br />
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 Telephone: 4314605, 4315313, Fax: 91-11-431087<br />
 [mailto:orders@vikas.gobookshopping.com orders@vikas.gobookshopping.com]<br />
-http://www.gobookshopping.com
 South Asia Book, P.O.Box 502, Columbia MO 65205<br />
-[mailto:sabooks@juno.com sabooks@juno.com], Contact: Jerry Barrier. <br />
+[mailto:sabooks@juno.com sabooks@juno.com], Contact: Jerry Barrier.<br />
-Phone: 573-474-0116, Fax: 573-474-8124.
+Phone: 573-474-0116, Fax: 573-474-8124
+Buy on Amazon [http://www.amazon.com/Making-Most-Sunshine-Handbook-Energy/dp/8125910867/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203450665&sr=8-1 here].
-<hr/>
-===Cookbooks===
+==='''How to Make, Use, and Enjoy'''===
+by Solar Cookers International
+[[File:Solar_Cookers,_How_to_make.jpg|right|200px]]
+Since its founding in 1987, SCI has spread solar cooking skills and technologies where they are needed most. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have used SCI's resources to learn how to make and use solar cookers and teach others to do the same. This extensive knowledge is condensed in this 52-page publication. Chapters include a rationale for solar cooking, directions for making a solar cooker, basic solar cooking instructions, solar cooker recipes and tips, alternative solar cooker uses, and ideas for teachers. Published in 2004 by Solar Cookers International. 52 pages.
+Purchase from Solar Cookers International [http://shop.solarcookers.org/?pn=How+to+Make%2C+Use%2C+and+Enjoy&cn=Books&p=628&c=28 here].
+{{clr}}
+==='''Cookbooks'''===
+===='''Sol Food'''====
+[[File:Sol_Food_cover_photo,_3-26-13.jpg|right|250px]]
+Written by [[David and Ruth Whitfield]], ''Sol Food'' is a cookbook, but it isn't just a cookbook. In its pages you'll find all the information and advice you need to start solar cooking in your own backyard, plus over 54 solar cooking recipes to put on your table. The Whitfields are the founders of the [[CEDESOL Foundation]], and they share many of team's adventures, gleaned from over a decade of not-for-profit work promoting solar cooking and [[integrated cooking]] techniques in [[Bolivia]] and around the world. A percentage of the profit from book sales help fund thier efforts. ''Sol Food'' is offered as an ebook in PDF format. [http://david-whitfield.com/solfood/salesnovid.htm More information...]
-====A Month of SUNdays - Solar Cooking at Home&nbsp
+===='''A Month of SUNdays - Solar Cooking at Home'''====
+[[File:MOS_Mdmcoiled.jpg|thumb]]
-''A Month of SUNdays'', written by Sharlene Thomas, is a ecipe book for both solar and conventional mainstream cooks. [[File:MOS_Mdmcoiled.jpg|thumb]]The cookbook include standard, original, and gourmet recipes, some including meat. [http://creativehandz.com/shop/page/2?shop_param For more information and to purchase...]{{clr}}====
+''A Month of SUNdays'', written by Sharlene Thomas, is a recipe book for both solar and conventional mainstream cooks. The cookbook include standard, original, and gourmet recipes, some including meat. [http://creativehandz.com/shop/page/2?shop_param For more information and to purchase...]
 This book was written to help everyone realize that using the sun's energy for cooking is practical and an effortless method of preparing delicious meals, saving our fossil fuels, and keeping America green. Solar cooking is no longer solely within the province of hikers, campers, or classroom experimentation. These everyday and gourmet recipes make it easy to discover just how delicious food tastes when cooked by the sun. In addition, you will find:
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-====Heaven Sent Food====
+===='''Heaven Sent Food'''====
 [[Image:Business_card_art.jpg|right|200px]]
 Heaven Sent Food, written by [[Jackie Harsha]], is available either as an e-book and a printed version. The recipes were developed for omnivores who like to eat healthy, delicious food at affordable prices. The book explains solar cooking, different types of solar ovens, and offers 115+ delicious recipes. It's an easy to use, beautiful book that was illustrated by an award-winning artist. Solar energy is free - this book makes it possible for even the most inexperineced cook learn to cook for free using the sun's power, all four seasons. Once you eat solar cooked food, you will probably not want to eat any other kind. It's delicious, cooking it is free, and if you want to get the best flavors out of the food you buy, cook it with the sun. It's amazing.
 Contact:
 (480) 986-2470<br />
 Arizona
-[mailto:info@HeavenSentFood.com info@HeavenSentFood.com]
+[mailto:info@HeavenSentFood.org info@HeavenSentFood.org]
 For more information and to order the book, please visit
-====Eleanor's Solar Cookbook====
+===='''Eleanor's Solar Cookbook'''====
 [[Image:Eleanors_Solar_Cookbook.jpg|right]]by Eleanor Shimeall
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 Tel: +1 (209) 478-6318
+Purchase from Solar Cooker's International [http://shop.solarcookers.org/?pn=Eleanor%27s+Solar+Cookbook&cn=Books&p=661&c=28 here].
-Order this book online from [http://solarcookers.org/catalog/eleanorssolarcookbook-p-54.html?osCsid=73decf57d6dd405ef2556052557fd2c6 Solar Cookers International].{{clr}}
-====The Morning Hill Solar Cookery Book====
+===='''The Morning Hill Solar Cookery Book'''====
 [[Image:MH_Solar_Cookery.jpg|right|175px]]by Jennifer Barker
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 [mailto:morninghil@yahoo.com morninghil@yahoo.com]<br />
+_____________________________________________________________________________________
-====Sabor Solar (in English)====
+===='''An Outdoor Kitchen Full of Sunshine[[File:AnoutdoorkitchenCOVERsm.jpg|right|175px]]'''====
+by Kris Mazy
+<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">An Outdoor Kitchen Full of Sunshine - Cooking Outside in a Solar Oven. </span>
+<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">Saving money is the key to a large family. No one know better than author, Kris Mazy, mom of 7 amazing children. In this book, Kris shares cooking using a solar oven. You can make incredible meals, save money on power and propane and spend more time with your family. </span>
+<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">You Can Cook using the Sun’s Energy! </span>
+<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">Over 100 Recipes that you can make and create using your solar oven. Kris has spent the last 3 years creating solar oven recipes to allow more play-time with her ever-growing family. </span>
+<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">And that was exactly what this mom of 7 was shooting for! </span>
+<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">From Breads to Desserts, Mains to Sides, </span>
+<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">Cooking Outside Using a Solar Oven is </span>
+<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">fast, easy and saves money! </span>
+<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">Kris has also shared all of her solar oven gluten-free recipes. Over 50 recipes are labled as gluten-free in this book. </span>
+<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">Enjoy delicious recipes while saving time and money.</span>
+Available both in print and in Kindle versions online at [http://www.amazon.com/Kris-Mazy/e/B009FLGLIK/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1 Amazon.com]
+or available online at [http://www.mazybooks.com www.mazybooks.com] .
+_____________________________________________________________________________________
+===='''Sabor Solar (in English)'''====
 The full text of the [[Media:Sabor Solar Cookbook English.pdf|Sabor Solar Cookbook]] from [[Grupo Fenix]] shows how to cook Nicaraguan foods in a solar cooker. ([[Media:Sabor Solar Cookbook Spanish.pdf|Spanish version]] also available.)
 ==French==
 ===Construction and use===
+===='''Cuiseurs Solaires'''====
+[[File:Cuiseurs_solaires_titre.jpg|right|185px]]
+by [[Rolf Behringer]] and [[Michael Götz]]
+Ce livre de Rolf Behringer et Michael Götz résume tout ce que nous savons sur les fours solaires - ayant 18 ans d'expérience. Le spectre va d'une introduction aux exemples de groupements et projets utilisant la cuisine solaire sous nos latitudes et jusqu'aux projets du Sud. Et surtout, le livre vous aide à la pratique: Un chapitre détaillé décrit comment fabriquer vous-mêmes votre four solaire (le modèle 'standard en bois' du catalogue de SOLEMYO) et un autre vous livre un grand nombre de recettes (végétariennes, la Plage étant un éditeur de livres de cuisine végétarienne) pour commencer vos expériences!
+pages
+To order: http://www.cuisinesolaire.fr
+{{clr}}
 ===Cookbooks===
-====Du Soleil dans mon assiette====
+===='''Du Soleil dans mon assiette'''====
 [[Image:Du Soleil dans mon Assiette.jpg|right|175px]]
 A new French-language solar cookbook titled [[Du Soleil dans mon assiette]] is available from [[Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil]]. Fifty recipes, ranging from appetizers to main dishes to desserts, are nicely presented in this book along with full-color pictures. Several of the recipes also include tips for cooking with fuel-efficient wood stoves and heat-retention cookers. The book sells for 12.50 € ($16) plus shipping. Proceeds benefit the organization’s projects in Andean countries.
-Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil<br>
+Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil<br />
-rue Gaëtan Rondeau<br>
+rue Gaëtan Rondeau<br />
-Nantes<br>
+Nantes<br />
 [[France]]
 Tel: +33 02 51 86 04 04
-[mailto:soleil@boliviainti.org soleil@boliviainti.org]
+Email: [mailto:soleil@boliviainti.org soleil@boliviainti.org]
 ==German==
 ===Baupläne und Verwendung===
-==== Cooking with Sunshine====
-[[Image:CookingWithSunshine.png|200px|right|]]
-''The Complete Guide to Solar Cuisine with 150 Easy Sun-Cooked Recipes''
-von Lorraine Anderson und Rick Palkovic
-''Cooking with Sunshine'' enthält alles nötige, um mit dem Kochen anzufangen, darunter auch:
-*Klare Erklärungen wie Solarkochen funktioniert und seine Vorteile gegenüber traditionellen Kochmethoden
-*Anleitungen zum Bau eines eigenen Solarkochers mit günstigen, leicht zu findenden Materialien - und Informationen darüber, wo man einen fertigen Solarkocher kaufen kann.
-*Eine Auswahl von lustigen und super-leichten Rezepten für einen gelungenen Einstieg
-*Eine große Auswahl an Rezepten für Hauptgerichte, Beilagen und Nachspeisen sowohl für Vegetarier als auch für Alles-Esser
-*Kreative Menu-Ideen für besondere ernähtungsformen, Geschmäcker und Gelegenheiten
-..."Ich koche schon seit Jahren mit der Sonne. Cooking with Sunshine klärt Unklarheiten und bringt dem Leser das Leckere und das Abenteuer des Solarkochens nahe". - Künstlerin und Solarkochen-Verfechertin [[Mary Frank]].
-Softcover, 224 Seiten. Siehe die [http://www.cookingwithsunshine.com/ Cooking With Sunshine]-Seite für mehr Informationen. erwerb über [http://solarcookers.org/catalog/cookingwithsunshine-p-53.html?osCsid=73decf57d6dd405ef2556052557fd2c6 diese Seite] möglich.
 ===Kochbücher===
 ===Solarkocher===
 [[File:Solarkocher_cover.jpg|right|175px]]
 Solarkocher, Grundlagen, sowie praktische, sozio-ökonomische und ökologische Betrachtungen von Bernd Hafner, Willi Heizen, und Paul Krämer.
-Seite für mehr Informationen. erwerb über [http://www.goldcdm.net/Contact-book.401.0.html?&L=0 diese Seite] möglich.
+Seite für mehr Informationen. Erwerb über [http://www.goldcdm.net/Contact-book.401.0.html?&L=0 diese Seite]möglich.
 {{clr}}
+===Die Parabel===
+Die Parabel, Broschüre über die Berechnung und Handhabung von Parabeln, insbesondere im Hinblick auf das Konstruieren von Solarkochern, [[ISBN 978-3-8442-4131-0]]. Erwerb [http://www.epubli.de/shop/buch/Die-Parabel-Bernhard-M%C3%BCller-9783844241310/22286 hier] oder bei jeder Buchhandlung.
 ==Spanish==

Books about solar cooking

Revision as of 00:02, 18 July 2014

English

Construction and use

Das Solarkocher-Handbuch

Domestic Parabolic Solar Cooker (Dish Cooker) Manual

Cooking With Sunshine

The Sunny Side of Cooking

Heaven's Flame

Solar Cooking for Home and Camp

Solar Cooking: A Primer/Cookbook

Cooking with the Sun: How to Build and Use Solar Cookers

Retained Heat Cooking ... the Wave of the Future Again

On Your Way Towards Solar Cooking: The Why's and Wherefore's of Solar Cooking in Brief

The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit

The Expanding World of Solar Box Cookers

Making the Most of Sunshine

How to Make, Use, and Enjoy

Cookbooks

Sol Food

A Month of SUNdays - Solar Cooking at Home

Heaven Sent Food

Eleanor's Solar Cookbook

The Morning Hill Solar Cookery Book

An Outdoor Kitchen Full of Sunshine

Sabor Solar (in English)

French

Construction and use

Cuiseurs Solaires

Cookbooks

Du Soleil dans mon assiette

German

Baupläne und Verwendung

Kochbücher

Solarkocher

Die Parabel

Spanish

Construction and use

Cookbooks

Sabor Solar (in Spanish)

See also