Books on Solar Cooking

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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.

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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!"

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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: (209) 478-6318

Solar Cooking Naturally
by Virginia Heather Gurley

 Experience sun cooked foods with the new 3rd edition of Solar Cooking Naturally. Everything you need to know about solar cooking is revealed by the author, a solar cooking specialist with 18 years of experience. Choose from over 100 recipes in this 92 page cookbook ranging from breads, soups, meat chicken and desserts. A special section of "Vegetarian Dishes" features a healthy selection for the solar chef.

ISBN: 0-9634694-4-4

Available for $12.00 US plus $2.50 shipping/handling from:

SunLightWorks, Inc.
2255 B Shelby Drive
Sedona, Arizona 86339
USA

Tel: (520) 282-1202
Fax: (520) 282-3549

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The Expanding World of Solar Box Cookers

Available online here. To order a printed copy, which includes photos and diagrams send $15 US to this address:

Kerr-Cole Solar Box Cookers
PO Box 576
Taylor, AZ 85939

Or email kerrcole@frontiernet.net

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

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Making the Most of Sunshine
A Handbook of Solar Energy for the Common Man

by S. Narayanaswami

• Table of Contents

• An Interview with the author

Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd

576, Masjid Road, Jangpura, New Delhi-110 014
Telephone: 4314605, 4315313, Fax: 91-11-431087

orders@vikas.gobookshopping.com

http://www.gobookshopping.com 

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The Morning Hill Solar Cookery Book

Jennifer Stein Barker
Morning Hill Associates
15013 Geary Creek Rd.
Canyon City, OR 97820

jbarkerNS@highdesertnet.com (paste into your email and delete NS)
 

Cuisine solaire Madagaskar

Kochbuch, 96 Seiten
Livre de cuisine, 96 pages
Format A4, 23 x 30 cm

Bildband mit 40 Rezepten, vielen Fotografien und Informationen
Livre-album avec 40 recettes, beaucoup de fotos et informations

Zubereitungsangaben für den Solarofen, Backofen oder Kochplatte
Indications de préparation pour four solaire, four conventionnel et
plaque de la cuisinière

Mit dem Kauf des Buches unterstützen Sie das Projekt ADES
(Herstellung und Verkauf von Solarkochern in Madagaskar)
En achetant le livre, vous soutenez le project ADES à Madagascar.

http://www.cuisinesolaire.ch

Chancen solarer Kochkisten als angepasste Technologie in Entwicklungsländern
(The Opportunities for Solar Box Cookers as an Appropriate Technology in Developing Countries)

A 140-page book (in German) showing the designs of various types of solar cookers, including box-type and parabolic. Gives a detailed description of major on-going solar cookers projects around the world and an in-depth discussion of the successes and stumbling blocks of each project. Includes a very complete bibliography of books of interest to the solar cooking community.

Technology Handbook: Mud Solar Cooker

by the Energy Environment Group (New Delhi)

The Energy Environment Group in New Delhi has published a bilingual Hindi/English construction manual for a mud solar cooker made from bricks, mud, and dung. The cooking chamber is made from a kerosine tin and is insulated with straw. This design is presented as an alternative to the government subsidized cookers, which they believe were ill-designed for rural energy requirements and traditions.

Available for $10 from:

Energy Environment Group
PO Bag #4
New Delhi 110024
India.

Das Solarkocher-Buch

Angefangen bei einfachsten Kochkisten bis zu solaren Großküchen bietet dieses Buch einen ausführlichen Einblick in die Welt des solaren Kochens.
Neben den Erfahrungsberichten kommt aber auch die Praxis nicht zu kurz: außer einer ausführlichen und gut illustrierten Bauanleitung werden zahlreiche, in Deutschland erfolgreich erprobte Rezepte mit Farbfotos vorgestellt und mit Tips ergänzt.
Außerdem bietet das Buch eine umfangreiche, illustrierte Marktübersicht sowie eine internationale Adressen und Literatursammlung.
1995, Format: 21 x 21 cm, 98 S., 45 Abb., teilweise vierfarbig, 32 DM.

Bestellformular

SOLAR COOKERE RANNA (Cooking with Solar Cooker)

Solarkocher. Grundlagen, Praxis, sozio-ökonomische und ökologische Betrachtungen

Bernd Hafner, Paul Krämer, Willi Heinzen

ISBN: 3-00-010457-7, price 16.80 Euro
Published in Muenster-Sarmsheim 2002

P.Kraemer.Soest@t-online.de

Cookbooks

Cooking with Sunshine -- The Lazy Cook's Guide to Solar Cuisine
by Lorraine Anderson and Rick Palkovic

Eighty-four pages of recipes, organized into 30 menus, including main courses and desserts. A special "Warm Ups" section introduces children to the wonders of solar cooking. Includes a brief history, theory of solar cooking, where to find additional resources, and building plans. Index of recipes and main ingredients.

Available for $10.00 + $2.50/shipping from:

Our House Publishing
2505 Westernesse Road
Davis, CA 95616
USA

Tel: (530) 753-1670

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palkovic@directvinternet.com

Du Soleil dans mon assiette ("Sun in my meal")

By Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil French NGO, "The sun at the service of development" 

Discover 50 different recipes (Yassa chicken, apples crumble, etc) prepared with solar box cooker, solar parabolic cooker, and also with the wood-thrifty portable stove, without forgetting the retained-heat cooker! These ecological cooking recipes have been created following healthy principles, who protect life.

The same cookers and the same cooking methods are efficient in Europe as in other countries.

Help Andean populations... cooking your favorite meals! Buying this book is a way to second our projects in Andean countries.  

Available for 12,50 € or 16 $ US (+ about 5 € for postal charges)

Contact:

Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil
41 rue du Château d'eau
F-44240 La Chapelle sur Erdre
FRANCE

soleil@boliviainti.org
www.boliviainti.org

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